UF	Uterine fibroid
MM	Myometrial microbiome
HM	Healthy myometrium
FFAs	Free fatty acids
SCFAs	Short-chain fatty acids
MCFAs	Medium-chain fatty acids
LCFAs	Long-chain fatty acids
GM	Gut microbiome
16S rRNA	16S ribosomal RNA
IQR	Interquartile range
GC-MS	Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
ASVs	Amplicon sequence variants
DA	Differential abundance
PCoA	Principal coordinate analysis
PERMANOVA	Permutational multivariate analysis of variance
FDR	False discovery rate
HMB	Heavy menstrual bleeding
IL-1β	Interleukin-1 beta
IL-12p70	Interleukin-12p70
IL-18	Interleukin-18
IL-10	Interleukin-10
IL-6	Interleukin-6
TNFα	Tumor necrosis factor alpha
CCL2	C-C motif chemokine ligand 2
OPG	Osteoprotegerin
LBP	Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein
HC	Healthy control