Linking gut microbiota, metabolic syndrome and economic status based on a population-level analysis

Abstract Background The metabolic syndrome (MetS) epidemic is associated with economic development, lifestyle transition and dysbiosis of gut microbiota, but these associations are rarely studied at the population scale. Here, we utilised the Guangdong Gut Microbiome Project (GGMP), the largest East...

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Main Authors: Yan He, Wei Wu, Shan Wu, Hui-Min Zheng, Pan Li, Hua-Fang Sheng, Mu-Xuan Chen, Zi-Hui Chen, Gui-Yuan Ji, Zhong-Dai-Xi Zheng, Prabhakar Mujagond, Xiao-Jiao Chen, Zu-Hua Rong, Peng Chen, Li-Yi Lyu, Xian Wang, Jia-Bao Xu, Chong-Bin Wu, Nan Yu, Yan-Jun Xu, Jia Yin, Jeroen Raes, Wen-Jun Ma, Hong-Wei Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-018-0557-6