| PAM | Partitioning Around Medoids. |
| C–H index | Calinski–Harabasz index. |
| LEfSe | Linear discriminant analysis effect size. |
| LOSO-CV | Leave-One-Subject-Out Cross-Validation. |
| FDR | False discovery rate. |
| SCFAs | Short-chain fatty acids. |
| BSS | Bristol stool form scale. |
| PCoA | Principal coordinate analysis. |
| NMDS | Nonmetric multidimensional scaling. |
| ETB | Bacteroides enterotype. |
| ETF | Faecalibacterium enterotype. |