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Relative Abundance in Bacterial and Fungal Gut Microbes in Obese Children: A Case Control Study
18 May 2016
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Differences in relative proportions of gut microbial communities in adults have been correlated with intestinal diseases and obesity. In this study we evaluated the gut microbiota biodiversity, both bacterial and fungal, in obese and normal-weight school-aged children. METHODS: We studied 28 obese (mean age 10.03 ± 0.68) and 33 age- and sex-matched normal-weight children. BMI z-scores were calculated,...
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