Tea Consumption and Gut Microbiome in Older Chinese Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Animal and small-cohort human studies have shown that tea consumption affects the gut microbiome, but evidence from large cohort studies is lacking.

Objectives

We examined associations between tea consumption and gut microbiome composition among older Chinese adults.

Methods

The study included 1179 men and 1078 women from the Shanghai Men's and Women's Health Studies, who reported tea drinking status, type, amount, and duration at baseline and follow-up surveys (1996-2017) and were free of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes at stool collection (2015-2018). Fecal microbiome was profiled using 16S rRNA sequencing. Associations of tea variables with microbiome diversity and taxa abundance were evaluated using linear or negative binomial hurdle models

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10196597 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature