Associations of physical activity with gut microbiota in pre-adolescent children.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine whether physical activity (PA), primarily the recommended 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous PA, is associated with gut bacterial microbiota in 10-year-old children.

Methods

The Block Physical Activity Screener, which provides minutes/day PA variables, was used to determine whether the child met the PA recommendations. 16S rRNA sequencing was performed on stool samples from the children to profile the composition of their gut bacterial microbiota. Differences in alpha diversity metrics (richness, Pielou's evenness, and Faith's phylogenetic diversity) by PA were determined using linear regression, whereas beta diversity (unweighted and weighted UniFrac) relationships were assessed using PERMANOVA. Taxon relative abundance differentials were determined usi

SUBMITTER: Santarossa S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8843867 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature