Table 1 Baseline microbial abundance at the phylum and genus levels in children with obesity.
From: Enhancing gut microbiota and microbial function with inulin supplementation in children with obesity
Taxonomic groupa | Mean microbial abundance Z-score ± SD | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Placebo (n = 46) | Inulin (n = 48) | Dietary fiber advice (n = 49) | |
Phylum | |||
Actinobacteria | 2.380 ± 4.814 | 2.647 ± 5.979 | 2.408 ± 3.852 |
Bacteroidetes | 38.013 ± 27.079 | 34.160 ± 28.307 | 29.936 ± 26.124 |
Firmicutes | 42.973 ± 21.497 | 44.731 ± 24.552 | 52.552 ± 24.137 |
Fusobacteria | 1.056 ± 2.480 | 1.661 ± 4.412 | 0.540 ± 1.970 |
Proteobacteria | 14.157 ± 17.950 | 16.047 ± 19.974 | 13.739 ± 16.334 |
Genus | |||
Agathobacter | 2.529 ± 4.801 | 1.125 ± 2.279 | 3.037 ± 4.560 |
Akkermansia | 0.818 ± 3.540 | 0.228 ± 0.849 | 0.380 ± 1.095 |
Alistipes | 3.246 ± 5.002 | 1.982 ± 3.841 | 2.343 ± 2.761 |
Anaerostipes | 1.018 ± 2.257 | 0.615 ± 1.460 | 0.645 ± 1.033 |
Bacteroides | 23.680 ± 21.060 | 24.585 ± 25.001 | 14.246 ± 16.526 |
Barnesiella | 1.052 ± 1.904 | 0.392 ± 0.739 | 1.052 ± 1.904 |
Bifidobacterium | 1.398 ± 2.463 | 1.812 ± 4.484 | 1.962 ± 3.780 |
Blautia | 3.643 ± 7.401 | 2.850 ± 7.147 | 3.450 ± 3.960 |
Clostridium_sensu_stricto_1 | 0.553 ± 1.617 | 0.654 ± 1.892 | 1.184 ± 3.719 |
Collinsella | 0.945 ± 2.525 | 0.759 ± 3.289 | 0.370 ± 0.489 |
Dialister | 1.400 ± 3.933 | 1.833 ± 3.932 | 1.274 ± 2.855 |
Dorea | 1.053 ± 1.873 | 0.649 ± 1.296 | 0.957 ± 1.688 |
Enterobacter | 0.706 ± 3.503 | 0.814 ± 2.046 | 0.583 ± 1.350 |
Escherichia-Shigella | 6.635 ± 13.330 | 6.845 ± 12.880 | 4.161 ± 7.479 |
Eubacterium coprostanoligenes | 1.081 ± 1.894 | 0.651 ± 1.762 | 1.697 ± 3.245 |
Faecalibacterium | 3.972 ± 4.126 | 5.773 ± 9.480 | 7.214 ± 7.818 |
Fusicatenibacter | 0.598 ± 0.864 | 0.680 ± 1.727 | 0.909 ± 2.122 |
Fusobacterium | 1.041 ± 2.486 | 1.477 ± 4.291 | 0.540 ± 1.970 |
Incertae_Sedis | 0.347 ± 0.636 | 0.280 ± 0.548 | 0.978 ± 3.548 |
Klebsiella | 2.942 ± 6.378 | 1.804 ± 3.319 | 2.255 ± 4.595 |
Lachnospiraceae_NK4A136_group | 0.901 ± 2.300 | 1.981 ± 5.573 | 1.122 ± 1.804 |
Megamonas | 1.442 ± 7.508 | 1.263 ± 5.484 | 0.390 ± 0.832 |
Megasphaera | 2.163 ± 4.867 | 5.511 ± 13.830 | 2.719 ± 6.947 |
Parabacteroides | 1.152 ± 1.119 | 0.929 ± 1.233 | 0.747 ± 0.944 |
Parasutterella | 0.331 ± 0.674 | 1.835 ± 6.709 | 0.600 ± 1.290 |
Phascolarctobacterium | 2.751 ± 4.237 | 3.035 ± 5.613 | 3.756 ± 5.584 |
Prevotella | 7.851 ± 15.166 | 5.144 ± 11.452 | 10.592 ± 19.206 |
Romboutsia | 0.757 ± 1.572 | 1.982 ± 5.077 | 1.497 ± 3.885 |
Ruminococcus gnavus | 0.868 ± 2.622 | 0.451 ± 1.067 | 0.579 ± 1.022 |
Ruminococcus torques | 1.612 ± 3.038 | 1.123 ± 2.487 | 1.482 ± 4.934 |
Roseburia | 2.464 ± 3.018 | 1.514 ± 1.829 | 2.048 ± 2.049 |
Subdoligranulum | 1.764 ± 2.452 | 1.915 ± 4.259 | 2.201 ± 3.907 |
Sutterella | 0.871 ± 1.806 | 0.951 ± 2.874 | 0.750 ± 1.461 |
UCG-002 | 0.878 ± 1.728 | 0.689 ± 1.307 | 1.098 ± 1.950 |
Veillonella | 0.422 ± 1.017 | 0.707 ± 1.175 | 0.921 ± 2.019 |
