Exploring the relationship between live microbe intake and obesity prevalence in adults.

ABSTRACT: Obesity has become a global health problem. In recent years, the influence of dietary microbes in the obese population has attracted the attention of scholars. Our study aimed to investigate the link between live microbe intake and obesity in adults. Participants (aged over 20 years) for this study were from the 1999-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Participants were categorised into low, medium and high dietary live microbe intake groups. Linear regression was used to analyse the link between live microbe intake and body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC). Logistic regression was used to analyse the link between live microbe intake and obesity and abdominal obesity prevalence. Restricted cubic spline curves (RCS) were used to check whether there w

SUBMITTER: Chen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11408724 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature