Table 3. Etiology-based comparison of microbiota: NASH.

	Etiologies other than NASH (n=181)	NASH cirrhosis (n=32)
Age	56.6±6.6	59.5±4.7*
BMI	28.6±5.8	35.3±4.7*
MELD score	12.7±5.9	12.0±7.3
Prior overt HE on treatment (%)	40%	34%
Endotoxin (EU/ml)	0.65±0.86	0.76±0.97
Microbiota (Phylum_Taxon)
Bacteroidetes Bacteroidaceae	19.3	42.7*
Bacteroidetes Porphyromonadaceae	1.4	3.9*
Firmicutes Veillonellaceae	1.9	0.0*
Cirrhosis Dysbiosis Ratio	0.80	0.63

^*p<0.05, we found a higher abundance of Porphyromonadaceae, Bacterioidaceae and lower Veillonellaceae in NASH patients who were also older and had a higher BMI than the non-NASH counterparts. No change in other bacteria from phylum Firmicutes was seen. Only bacterial taxa with an abundance >1% in either comparison are shown; rest were nonsignificant.