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. 2017 Jul 4;17:151. doi: 10.1186/s12866-017-1052-0

Table 3.

Regression analysis between gut microbiota and BMI levels

Overweight vs. Normal Age- and sex- adjusted Multivariate adjusted
Coefficienta Adj. P valueb Coefficienta P value Adj. P valueb
 Cyanobacteria YS2c 0.618 2.63 × 10−9 0.035 0.700 1
Desulfovibrio d 0.435 9.08 × 10−5 −0.101 0.273 1
 Bacteroidales unknown family unknown genusd 0.403 2.48 × 10−4 0.314 0.001 0.068
 Paraprevotellaceae CF231c 0.360 4.58 × 10−4 0.463 2.13 × 10 −7 1.51 × 10 −5
Acidaminococcus d 0.331 0.002 −0.073 0.403 1
 Lactobacillales unknown family unknown genusc 0.174 0.031 0.080 0.333 1
Lactococcus e 0.152 0.042 0.099 0.064 1
Eggerthella e −0.155 0.005 −0.103 0.022 1
Obese vs. Normal
Acidaminococcus d 0.498 3.90 × 10−8 0.378 2.89 × 10 −5 0.002
 Paraprevotellaceae CF231c 0.463 7.32 × 10−6 0.284 0.003 0.181
Megasphaera e 0.443 1.79 × 10−5 0.355 0.002 0.146
Mitsuokella c 0.302 0.034 0.217 0.013 0.946
Eggerthella e −0.162 0.003 −0.073 0.356 1
 Christensenellaceae unknown genusd −0.152 0.031 −0.055 0.003 0.230
 Clostridiales unknown family unknown genus −0.063 0.004 −0.063 5.24 × 10 −5 0.004
Obese vs. Overweight
Acidaminococcus d 0.329 0.001 0.504 2.64 × 10 −8 1.87 × 10 −6
Mitsuokella c 0.271 0.007 0.381 1.10 × 10 −6 2.61 × 10 −5
Akkermansia −0.225 0.038 −0.225 0.001 0.038
 Christensenellaceae unknown genusd −0.179 0.003 −0.170 0.020 0.126
Adlercreutzia 0.139 0.007 0.139 9.34 × 10 −5 0.007

aCoefficient (log2 ratio) driven by zero-inflated Gaussian mixture model (fitZig) using metageomeSeq package

bApplied by Bonferroni multiple comparison correction

cAdditionally adjusted for fat and total calorie intake

dAdditionally adjusted for fiber and total calorie intake

eAdditionally adjusted for carbohydrate and total calorie intake

Coefficient with Adj. P value < 0.05 shown in italic