The number of metabolic syndrome risk factors predicts alterations in gut microbiota in Chinese children from the Huantai study

• Main Authors: Jiahong Sun (Author), Xiaoyun Ma (Author), Liu Yang (Author), Xuli Jin (Author), Min Zhao (Author), Bo Xi (Author), Suhang Song (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Evidence on the effect of gut microbiota on the number of metabolic syndrome (MetS) risk factors among children is scarce. We aimed to examine the alterations of gut microbiota with different numbers of MetS risk factors among children. Methods Data were collected from a nested c...