The number of metabolic syndrome risk factors predicts alterations in gut microbiota in Chinese children from the Huantai study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence on the effect of gut microbiota on the number of metabolic syndrome (MetS) risk factors among children is scarce. We aimed to examine the alterations of gut microbiota with different numbers of MetS risk factors among children.

Methods

Data were collected from a nested case-control study at the baseline of the Huantai Childhood Cardiovascular Health Cohort Study in Zibo, China. We compared the differences in gut microbiota based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing among 72 children with different numbers of MetS risk factors matched by age and sex (i.e., none, one, and two-or-more MetS risk factors; 24 children for each group).

Results

The community richness (i.e., the total number of species in the community) and diversity (i.e., the richness and evenness

SUBMITTER: Sun J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10120097 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature