Dysbiosis promotes recurrence of adenomatous polyps in the distal colorectum

Table 1 Characteristics of colon lesions

	Number of patients, n (%)	Lesion size in cm mean
Adenoma	4 (22.2)	0.44 (0.30-0.60)
Polyp	7 (33.3)	0.43 (0.30-0.60)
Ade-Pol	10 (47.6)	0.42 (0.30-0.60)

Ade: Adenomatous polyps; Pol: Non-adenomatous polyps.

Table 2 Clinical characteristics of patients with recurrent colorectal polyps

	Con	Pat	P value1
n (%)	6 (22.2)	21 (77.8)	-
Male, n (%)	1 (16.7)	15 (71.4)	0.02
Female, n (%)	5 (83.3)	6 (28.6)
Smoker, n (%)	1 (16.7)	7 (33.3)	-
Age in years	50.17 ± 7.36	56.38 ± 10.53	0.19
BMI	21.50 ± 2.17	23.63 ± 3.66	0.21

¹P value by Student’s t-test.

The above statistical results are the mean ± SD. BMI: Body mass index; Con: Control; Pat: Patient.

Table 3 Alpha diversity of control and patient

	Con	Pat	P value1
Sobs	818.67 ± 347.29	603.52 ± 363.97	0.195
Chao	1266.71 ± 723.97	857.38 ± 515.85	0.263
ACE	1408.72 ± 864.47	908.12 ± 569.55	0.289
Shannon	4.26 ± 3.19	2.05 ± 1.93	0.110
Simpson	0.61 ± 0.04	0.40 ± 0.26	0.345

¹P value by Student’s t-test.

The above statistical results are the mean ± SD. Con: Control; Pat: Patient.