Table 5.

Comparison of Gut Microbiota Between the EWG and IWG at Baseline

	Gut microbiota (%)	EWG (%)	IWG (%)	p
Phylum	Firmicutes	84.25 ± 10.33	68.44 ± 5.20	0.034*
	Actinobacteria	7.29 ± 7.21	28.46 ± 6.81	0.034*
	Bacteroidetes	3.42 ± 2.74	1.48 ± 1.71	0.480
	Proteobacteria	0.07 ± 0.06	1.54 ± 1.73	0.034*
	Tenericutes	4.86 ± 4.90	0.01 ± 0.01	0.142
	Verrucomicrobia	0.13 ± 0.27	0.07 ± 0.08	0.172
Genus	Blautia	23.78 ± 23.80	14.06 ± 8.61	0.724
	Bifidobacterium	5.75 ± 5.40	25.43 ± 9.74	0.034*
	Faecalibacterium	3.49 ± 3.82	7.13 ± 3.42	0.289
	Clostridium_g4	3.97 ± 3.26	3.86 ± 5.84	1.000
	Eubacterium_g5	12.99 ± 7.60	4.20 ± 3.96	0.480
	Anaerostipes	12.99 ± 7.60	1.87 ± 1,48	0.157
	Bacteroides	1.87 ± 1.48	1.00 ± 1.48	0.289
	Clostridium	1.09 ± 1.03	1.80 ± 2.73	0.724
	Collinsella	1.01 ± 1.80	2.38 ± 4.13	1.000
	Lactobacillus	0.51 ± 0.63	7.08 ± 12.73	0.724
	Dorea	4.08 ± 4.73	1.74 ± 1.26	0.480
	Subdoligranulum	1.49 ± 1.50	1.40 ± 1.42	0.858
	Lachnospiraceae_uc	1.57 ± 1.01	1.29 ± 0.54	0.480
	Dialister	8.32 ± 15.90	0.10 ± 0.09	0.714
	Oscillibacter	2.53 ± 2.34	1.17 ± 1.14	0.212
	Roseburia	2.53 ± 2.34	1.17 ± 1.14	0.289
	Escherichia	0.00 ± 0.00	0.89 ± 0.57	0.019*
	Clostridium_g23	0.00 ± 0.00	0.17 ± 0.21	0.019*

Data are presented as mean ± SD.

∗ p < 0.05.