Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of study participants

		N	Mean ± SD
Age (years-old)		80	21.9 ± 2.2
Sex (women, %)		80	73.7% (n = 59)
Body composition parameters
Fat mass (kg)		80	25.2 ± 9.1
Lean mass (kg)		80	41.0 ± 8.9
Body mass index (kg/m2)		80	24.7 ± 4.7
Cardiometabolic profile parameters
Glucose (mg/dL)		79	87.6 ± 6.1
Insulin (µUl/mL)		79	8.1 ± 4.8
HOMA index		79	1.8 ± 1.2
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)		79	167.8 ± 36.0
Total triglycerides (mg/dL)		79	85.1 ± 50.5
HDL-C (mg/dL)		79	53.5 ± 11.7
LDL-C (mg/dL)		79	97.0 ± 27.0
Energy and macronutrient intake
Energy (kcal/day)		80	1919.4 ± 489.2
Carbohydrate (g/day)		80	204.9 ± 63.5
Protein (g/day)		80	76.6 ± 22.0
Lipids (g/day)		80	86.0 ± 11.7
Plasma levels of bile acids (expressed as peak area ratio)
Primary bile acids
CA		80	28.6 ± 48.5
CDCA		80	0.5 ± 0.7
GCA		80	1.9 ± 1.7
GCDCA		78	5.4 ± 3.6
Secondary bile acids
DCA		80	17.3 ± 13.8
GDCA		79	1.9 ± 1.5
GLCA		80	4.5 ± 4.1
GUDCA		80	16.9 ± 18.2
Fecal microbiota parameters
Diversity indexes
Species Richness		80	380.0 ± 109.6
Evenness Index		80	0.7 ± 0.0
Shannon Index		80	4.2 ± 0.4
Inverse Simpson Index		80	35.6 ± 14.5
Composition (phylum)
Actinobacteria (%)		80	1.6 ± 1.6
Bacteroidetes (%)		80	39.6 ± 9.0
Firmicutes (%)		80	48.8 ± 9.7
Proteobacteria (%)		80	6.5 ± 4.8
Verrucomicrobia (%)		80	2.3 ± 4.3

Data are presented as mean and standard deviation (SD), except for sex. CA cholic acid, CDCA chenodeoxycholic acid, DCA deoxycholic acid, GCA glycocholic acid, GCDC glycochenodeoxycholic acid, GDCA glycodeoxycholic acid, GLCA glycolithocholic acid, GUDCA glycoursodeoxycholic acid, HDLC high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol