Human Gut Microbes Associated with Systolic Blood Pressure.

ABSTRACT: Emerging studies have revealed a strong link between the gut microbiome and several human diseases. Since human gut microbiome mirrors variations in lifestyle and environment, whether associations between disease conditions and gut microbiome are consistent across populations-particularly in communities practicing traditional subsistence strategies whose microbiomes differ markedly from industrialists-remains unknown. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality in India affecting 55 million people, and high blood pressure is one of the primary risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. We examined associations between gut microbiome and blood pressure along with 14 other variables associated with lifestyle, dietary habits, disease conditions, and clinical blood markers in the

SUBMITTER: Joishy TK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8831042 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature