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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of study participants

From: Comparison of the gut microbiota composition between obese and non-obese individuals in a Japanese population, as analyzed by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and next-generation sequencing

 

Non-obese (BMI <20 kg/m2)

Obese (BMI ≥25 kg/m2)

P valueb

 

n = 23

n = 33

 

Age

45.6 ± 9.6a

54.4 ± 8.2

0.001

Gender, M; n (%)

11 (47.8)

20 (60.6)

0.417

BMI (kg/m2)

18.6 ± 1.2

27.8 ± 2.5

 

Constipation; yes, n (%)

6 (26.1)

10 (30.3)

0.766

Alcohol intake; yes, n (%)

13 (56.5)

13 (39.4)

0.412

Smoking; yes, n (%)

5 (21.7)

7 (21.2)

1.000

Laboratory data

   

HbA1c (JDS; %)

5.2 ± 0.4

5.7 ± 1.0

0.015

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

192.7 ± 38.1

200.6 ± 52.4

0.464

Triglyceride (mg/dl)

78.4 ± 26.6

159.0 ± 108.1

<0.001

HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)

78.4 ± 26.6

55.3 ± 14.4

0.001

AST (IU/l)

17.8 ± 6.5

23.7 ± 9.1

0.022

ALT (IU/l)

13.6 ± 5.8

33.4 ± 18.9

<0.001

  1. ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, BMI body mass index, HDL high-density lipoprotein, JDS Japan diabetes society
  2. aMean ± SD
  3. bP values are based on two-sample t-test for continuous variables and Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables