Associations of plant-based foods, red and processed meat, and dairy with gut microbiome in Finnish adults.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Population-based studies on the associations of plant-based foods, red meat or dairy with gut microbiome are scarce. We examined whether the consumption of plant-based foods (vegetables, potatoes, fruits, cereals), red and processed meat (RPM) or dairy (fermented milk, cheese, other dairy products) are related to gut microbiome in Finnish adults.

Methods

We utilized data from the National FINRISK/FINDIET 2002 Study (n = 1273, aged 25-64 years, 55% women). Diet was assessed with 48-hour dietary recalls. Gut microbiome was analyzed using shallow shotgun sequencing. We applied multivariate analyses with linear models and permutational ANOVAs adjusted for relevant confounders.

Results

Fruit consumption was positively (beta = 0.03, SE = 0.01, P = 0.04), while a dai

SUBMITTER: Maukonen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11377619 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature