Table 3.
Mean abundance of each phylum across each of the BMI categories
| Phylum |
BMI
index
|
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18.5-24.9 | ≥25 | ||
| Firmicutes | 6.59 ± 0.19 | 7.15 ± 0.18 | 0.045 |
| Bacteroidetes | 4.92 ± 08.0 | 4.64 ± 10.0 | 0.040 |
| F/B | 1.66 ± 0.18 | 2.5 ± 0.19 | 0.002 |
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