Gut microbiota and inflammation patterns for specialized athletes: a multi-cohort study across different types of sports.

ABSTRACT: Regular high-intensity exercise can cause changes in athletes' gut microbiota, and the extent and nature of these changes may be affected by the athletes' exercise patterns. However, it is still unclear to what extent different types of athletes have distinct gut microbiome profiles and whether we can effectively monitor an athlete's inflammatory risk based on their microbiota. To address these questions, we conducted a multi-cohort study of 543 fecal samples from athletes in three different sports: aerobics (n = 316), wrestling (n = 53), and rowing (n = 174). We sought to investigate how athletes' gut microbiota was specialized for different types of sports, and its associations with inflammation, diet, anthropometrics, and anaerobic measurements. We established a mic

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10470055 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature