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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 12.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2018 Nov 29;123:104–113. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.11.049

Table 4.

Associations between relative abundance of individual bacterial taxa and carotid IMT.

Taxonomy Mean (range) relative abundance, % βa (95% CI; carotid IMT, μm) P-value Adjusted P-valueb
Order Enterobacteriales 3.7 (0–40.1) 1.9 (0.06, 3.7) 0.04 0.52
Family Aeromonadaceae 0.09 (0–15.8) 18.2 (7.8, 28.5) 0.0006 0.02
Family Enterobacteriaceae 3.7 (0–40.1) 1.9 (0.06, 3.7) 0.04 0.81
Genus Butyricimonas 0.02 (0–1.0) 130.6 (6.0, 255.3) 0.04 0.79
Genus Citrobacter 0.05 (0–2.4) 97.3 (42.3, 152.3) 0.0006 0.03
a

Coefficient from linear regression model indicates difference in carotid IMT in relation to per 1% increase in relative abundance of individual bacterial taxa, adjusting for sex, age, BMI, smoking, education, betel quid chewing, and SBP.

b

P values were corrected for multiple testing using the Benjamini-Hochberg procedure to control false discovery rate (FDR) ≤ 5%.