FIGURE 5.

Predicted fecal microbial pathway relative abundance at baseline and after 12 wk of RW or WGW intervention that were found to be significantly different between the groups in middle-aged overweight and obese adults. The relative abundances of the predicted pathways (A) superpathway of hexitol degradation; (B) pantothenate and coenzyme A biosynthesis; (C) acetyl-CoA fermentation to butyrate II; (D) pyruvate fermentation to acetone; (E) aromatic biogenic amine degradation; and (F) l-alanine biosynthesis are shown. Data are presented as group mean (the squared shape), n = 16 (RW) or n = 21 (WGW), and the width of the colored shapes indicates the sample density. Individual paired samples are connected by a line. RW, refined wheat; WGW, whole grain wheat.