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. 2018 Jul 27;8:11356. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29687-x

Table 2.

Correlations between α-diversity, health-related variables and CAG-abundance in the complete dataset (n = 441). Spearman’s rho and FDR-adjusted p-values (in parenthesis) are shown. Abbreviations as in Table 1.

CAG
Prevotella Lachnospiraceae Pathogen Akkermansia-Bacteroidales Ruminococcaceae
Anthropometric measures
  BMI (kg/m2) 0.07 (0.31) 0.12 (0.05) 0.16 (0.002) −0.16 (0.002) −0.13 (0.03)
  Body fat (%) −0.02 (0.77) 0.07 (0.31) 0.00 (0.98) −0.05 (0.50) 0.01 (0.90)
  Waist circumference (cm) 0.10 (0.08) 0.09 (0.14) 0.16 (0.002) −0.21 (<0.0001) −0.12 (0.04)
Lipid profile
  Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 0.01 (0.95) 0.07 (0.28) −0.03 (0.67) 0.01 (0.93) 0.00 (0.97)
  HDL (mg/dL) −0.12 (0.04) 0.02 (0.74) −0.10 (0.09) 0.09 (0.15) 0.05 (0.43)
  LDL (mg/dL) 0.04 (0.58) 0.06 (0.37) −0.06 (0.34) 0.00 (0.97) 0.02 (0.74)
  Triglycerides (mg/dL) 0.10 (0.10) 0.07 (0.25) 0.06 (0.37) −0.07 (0.28) −0.10 (0.09)
  Adiponectin (µg/ml) −0.15 (0.004) 0.02 (0.79) −0.13 (0.02) 0.08 (0.20) 0.10 (0.11)
Glucose metabolism
  Glucose (mmol/L) 0.12 (0.04) 0.05 (0.47) 0.10 (0.08) −0.11 (0.06) −0.05 (0.48)
  Insulin (µU/ml) 0.03 (0.71) 0.00 (0.95) 0.09 (0.16) −0.08 (0.24) −0.07 (0.25)
  Glycated hemoglobin (%) 0.06 (0.37) −0.08 (0.21) −0.01 (0.88) −0.02 (0.78) 0.07 (0.31)
  HOMA-IR 0.08 (0.19) −0.03 (0.67) 0.03 (0.65) −0.05 (0.47) −0.05 (0.42)
Blood pressure (BP)
  Systolic BP (mm Hg) 0.13 (0.02) 0.12 (0.04) 0.17 (0.002) −0.18 (0.0008) −0.22 (<0.0001)
  Diastolic BP (mm Hg) 0.09 (0.12) 0.11 (0.06) 0.17 (0.001) −0.16 (0.003) −0.21 (<0.0001)
Inflammation
  hs-CRP (mg/L) 0.05 (0.47) 0.09 (0.16) 0.11 (0.05) −0.08 (0.24) −0.09 (0.12)
Macronutrient consumption
  Total protein (%) −0.08 (0.21) 0.00 (0.95) 0.06 (0.37) 0.10 (0.11) 0.00 (0.97)
  Animal protein (%) −0.01 (0.93) −0.07 (0.32) 0.09 (0.14) 0.03 (0.71) −0.09 (0.13)
  Total fat (%) 0.09 (0.16) −0.03 (0.65) 0.03 (0.67) 0.01 (0.85) −0.04 (0.62)
  Saturated fat (%) 0.12 (0.05) 0.01 (0.88) 0.02 (0.84) 0.00 (0.95) −0.06 (0.35)
  Monounsaturated fat (%) 0.09 (0.18) −0.05 (0.43) −0.02 (0.80) 0.03 (0.70) −0.03 (0.72)
  Polyunsaturated fat (%) 0.07 (0.26) −0.05 (0.51) −0.01 (0.87) 0.01 (0.87) −0.04 (0.64)
  Carbohydrates (%) −0.05 (0.42) 0.03 (0.65) −0.05 (0.44) −0.06 (0.35) 0.01 (0.88)
  Dietary fiber (g) 0.06 (0.40) 0.04 (0.64) −0.07 (0.25) −0.04 (0.62) 0.04 (0.62)
Alpha diversity
  Species richness 0.02 (0.83) −0.13 (0.03) −0.29 (<0.0001) 0.13 (0.02) 0.71 (<0.0001)
  Shannon index 0.11 (0.08) 0.18 (0.0008) −0.23 (<0.0001) −0.01 (0.88) 0.61 (<0.0001)
  Pielou’s J 0.12 (0.04) 0.27 (<0.0001) −0.18 (0.0006) −0.05 (0.49) 0.52 (<0.0001)