Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

The gut microbiota and depressive symptoms across ethnic groups

  • Jos A. Bosch,
  • Max Nieuwdorp,
  • Aeilko H. Zwinderman,
  • Mélanie Deschasaux,
  • Djawad Radjabzadeh,
  • Robert Kraaij,
  • Mark Davids,
  • Susanne R. de Rooij,
  • Anja Lok

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34504-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Here, by studying a multi-ethnic cross-sectional urban cohort (N = 3211, 6 ethnic groups), the authors show that depressive symptom levels are related to the gut microbiota taxonomic characteristics but that these are largely invariant across ethnic groups.