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Comparison of functional pathways between three stages of blood pressure in KSD patients. Gene functions were predicted from 16S rRNA gene-based microbial compositions using the PICRUSt algorithm and the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes database. Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used to compare the difference of abundance between two groups. *, ** means p < 0.05, p < 0.01, respectively. HTN hypertension, KSD kidney stone disease, NTN normotension, pHTN pre-hypertension
