Table 2. Spearman correlation coefficients between genus-level phylotypes in fecal samples and %EWL and BMI distribution of subjects.

%EWL			BMI
	Spearman's rho	P-value		Spearman's rho	P-value
Escherichia	0.34	0	Ruminococcus	−0.316	0.012
Akkermansia	0.34	0	Unidentified Rikenellaceae	−0.278	0.029
Unidentified Peptococcaeae	0.334	0	Coprococcus	−0.273	0.032
Streptococcus	0.364	0	Unidentified Ruminococcaceae	−0.271	0.033
Veillonella	0.367	0	Bacteroides	0.292	0.021
Unidentified Gemellaceae	0.405	0	Sutterella	0.314	0.013
Carnobacterium	0.458	0
Bifidobacterium	−0.391	0
Sutterella	−0.303	0

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; %EWL, % excess weight loss.

Critical values above 0.254 with P<0.05 were considered significant correlations.