I have ulcerative colitis and I recently got the. Metametrix GI comprehensive stool test. I was wondering if someone could help me interpret these results? My follow-up appointment is not for a few weeks and I was hoping to figure out what some of it means before going in.

The things that were in the "red zone" were low elastin, acidic stool, very high n-butyrate, high streptomyces bacteria, low fecal slgA.

Here are my results:

Metametrix results

Obligate Anearobes

Bacteriodes 4th Quintile
Clostridia 2nd Quintile
Prevotella 4th Quintile
Fusobacteria 4th Quintile
Streptomyces 5th Quintile
Mycoplasma 3rd Quintile

Facultative Anearobes

Lactobacillus 3rd Quintile
Bifidobacter 2nd Quintile
E. Coli 4th Quintile

No Opportunistic Bacteria
No Yeast/Fungi
No ova/parasites

Adiposity Index:
Firmicutes 50%
Bacteriodetes 50%

Total SCFA 5th Quintile
N-Butyrate 5th Quintile

Acetate 1st Quintile
Propionate 2nd Quintile
Valerate 2nd Quintile

Lactoferin 2nd Quintile

Fecal slgA 1st Quintile (very low range)

pH 1st Quintile (very low range)


Elastase 1 1st Quintile (very low range)
Triglycerides 2nd Quintile
Putrefaction SCFA 1st Quintile
Vegetable fibres rare

LCFA's 1st Quintile
Total Fat 1st Quintile
Cholesterol (off the charts low)