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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Gut microbiome composition in obese and non-obese persons: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| Creators Name: | Pinart, M., Dötsch, A., Schlicht, K., Laudes, M., Bouwman, J., Forslund, S.K., Pischon, T. and Nimptsch, K. |
| Abstract: | Whether the gut microbiome in obesity is characterized by lower diversity and altered composition at the phylum or genus level may be more accurately investigated using high-throughput sequencing technologies. We conducted a systematic review in PubMed and Embase including 32 cross-sectional studies assessing the gut microbiome composition by high-throughput sequencing in obese and non-obese adults. A significantly lower alpha diversity (Shannon index) in obese versus non-obese adults was observed in nine out of 22 studies, and meta-analysis of seven studies revealed a non-significant mean difference (−0.06, 95% CI −0.24, 0.12, I(2) = 81%). At the phylum level, significantly more Firmicutes and fewer Bacteroidetes in obese versus non-obese adults were observed in six out of seventeen, and in four out of eighteen studies, respectively. Meta-analyses of six studies revealed significantly higher Firmicutes (5.50, 95% 0.27, 10.73, I(2) = 81%) and non-significantly lower Bacteroidetes (−4.79, 95% CI −10.77, 1.20, I(2) = 86%). At the genus level, lower relative proportions of Bifidobacterium and Eggerthella and higher Acidaminococcus, Anaerococcus, Catenibacterium, Dialister, Dorea, Escherichia-Shigella, Eubacterium, Fusobacterium, Megasphera, Prevotella, Roseburia, Streptococcus, and Sutterella were found in obese versus non-obese adults. Although a proportion of studies found lower diversity and differences in gut microbiome composition in obese versus non-obese adults, the observed heterogeneity across studies precludes clear answers. |
| Keywords: | Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Adult, Humans, Obesity, BMI, 16S Sequencing, Shotgun Metagenomics |
| Source: | Nutrients |
| ISSN: | 2072-6643 |
| Publisher: | MDPI |
| Volume: | 14 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Page Range: | 12 |
| Date: | 1 January 2022 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14010012 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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