Stool Test Results, Please Help Me Understand These...

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I did a CDSA stool test on myself and just got the results back.

Wondering if someone can help me understand what the numbers mean

and tell me if there is anything I should be concerned or aware of.

CDSA 2.0

DIGESTION/ABSORBTION

Analyte----------------------- Result ---------- Reference Range

1.Pancreatic Elastase 1------- >500 ------------ >= 201 mcg/g

2.Putrefactive SCFA's(total)-- 3.7 ------------- 1.3-8.6 micromol/g

GUT IMMUNOLOGY

Analyte ---------------------- Result ---------- Reference Range

3.Eosinophil Protein X ------- <0.5 ------------ <= 7.0 mcg/g

4.Calprotectin --------------- <17 ------------- <= 50 mcg/g

METABOLIC

Analyte----------------------- Result ---------- Reference Range

5.Beneficial SCFA's (total ---- 40.3 ------------ >= 13.6 micromol/g

6.n-Butyrate ------------------ 6.2 ------------- >= 2.5 micromol/g

7.pH -------------------------- 6.9 ------------- 6.1-7.9

8.Beta-glucuronidase ---------- 1,695 ----------- 337-4,433 U/g

Secondary Bile Acids

9.Lithocholi acid(LCA) -------- 2.84 ------------ 0.65-5.21 mg/g

10.Deoxycholic acid (DCA) ----- 2.28 ------------ 0.67-6.76 mg/g

11.LCA / DCA Ratio ------------ 1.25 ------------ 0.39-2.07

MICROBIOLOGY

12.Beneficial Bacteria:

Lactobacilius species ------- 3+

Escherichia cole ------------ 4+

Bifidobacterium ------------- 1+

13.Additional Bacteria:

gamma haemolytic Streptococus --- Non-Pathogen 3+

alpha haemolytic Streptoccus ---- Non-Pathogen 1+

Haemolytic Escherichia coli ----- Non-Pathogen 3+

14.Mycology:

*NG-No Growth

INTERPRETATION AT A GLANCE(Represents an aggregate of abnormal

indicators on the report)

Digestive Deficiency - Nothing marked

Inflammation/IBD - Nothing Marked

Dysbiosis - Analyte #12 Marked which was Beneficial Bactera

Neoplastic Risk - Nothing marked

ADDITIONAL TESTS

15. HpSA-H.Pylori - Negative

16. Shigs toxin E coli - Negative

17. Campylobacter - Negative

18. Occult Blood - Negative

FECAL FAT DISTRIBUTION

Analyte----------------------- Result ---------- Reference Range

Triglycerides ---------------- 1.5 ------------- 0.2-3.3 mg/g

Cholesterol ------------------ 1.2 ------------- 0.2-3.5 mg/g

Long Chain Fatty Acids ------- 15.5 ------------ 1.3-23.7 mg/g

Phospholipids ---------------- 4.2 ------------- 0.2-8.8 mg/g

Fecal Fat (Total)------------- 22.4 ------------ 2.6-32.4 mg/g

In most ranges there is a smaller dotted range. You can see

examples here, along with descriptions for each area and info.

http://www.genovadiagnostics.com/files/profile_assets/sample_report/C

DSA%202_P_report.pdf

There are a few that I am close to one end of the smaller ranges

within the range. Those are:

Eosinophil Protein X (all the way on the left)

n-Butyrate (the very left of the small range)

Long chain fatty acids (the very right of the small range)

Phospholipids (the very right of the small range)

Fecal fat (the very right of small range)

I would really appreciate any help in understanding this.

Thanks,