Sex-specific association between gut microbiome and fat distribution

Yan Min; Xiaoguang Ma; Kris Sankaran; Yuan Ru; Lijin Chen; Mike Baiocchi; Shankuan Zhu

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10440-5

Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Sex-specific association between gut microbiome and fat distribution

Yan Min,
Xiaoguang Ma,
Kris Sankaran,
Yuan Ru,
Lijin Chen,
Mike Baiocchi,
Shankuan Zhu

Affiliations

Yan Min: Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford School of Medicine
Xiaoguang Ma: Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University
Kris Sankaran: Department of Statistics, Stanford University
Yuan Ru: Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University
Lijin Chen: Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University
Mike Baiocchi: Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford School of Medicine
Shankuan Zhu: Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10440-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The gut microbiome has been reported to be associated with obesity; here, the authors show that there are sex-specific differences in the relationship between gut microbes and abdominal obesity.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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