Table 2: The interdependence between RRP disease severity and indicators of intestinal microbiota status.

Group of patients (cohort)

N = 73

Age of onset

(mean)

p-value

Surgeries/Lifetime

(mean)

p-value

Interval to last RRP recurrence

(mean)

p-value

RRP advancement Dikkers scale

1, 2 or 3

p-value

Intestinal complaints Yes N = 19

No N = 54

 

 

40.05

36.57

 

0.545053

 

 

3.48

6.17

 

0.184190

 

 

37.11

22.00

 

0.134346

 

0.96129

No. of antibiotic curations/past year

no N = 40

1-2 N = 27

 > 2 N=6

 

 

 

 

41.7

33.19

28.67

 

0.33410

 

 

 

 

4.55

5.15

13.0

 

0.07990

 

 

 

 

19.63

34.15

31.0

 

0.46920

 

0.37954

BMI

Normal

N = 30

Abnormal

N = 43

 

 

39.3

 

36.2

 

0.546556

 

 

4.5

 

6.14

 

0.366249

 

 

16.13

 

32.77

 

0.063371

 

0.27317

Diet:

Normal

N = 66

Normal

N = 7

 

36.18

 

 

49.71

0.111380

 

5.50

 

 

5.17

0.906504

 

21.98

 

 

63.14

0.005250

0.63078

Breastfed

Yes N = 27

No N = 46

 

34.85

39.02

0.424316

 

4.44

6.07

0.380891

 

20.67

29.02

0.364632

 

0.63042