FIG 5.

Differences in the bacterial communities between males and females. A taxonomic comparison of the bacterial communities in male and female mice in the HFD (A), HFD-Met (B), HFD-ND (C), and ND (D) groups was performed. Significant differences in LDA scores (P < 0.05) were produced among classes (Kruskal-Wallis test) and between subclasses (Wilcoxon's test). There was no significant difference between males and females in the ND-Met group. The threshold of the logarithmic LDA score was 3.0. *, bacterial species.