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. 2020 Nov 13;151(3):491–502. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxaa312

TABLE 2.

Fecal bacterial taxa abundances at the genus level at baseline and change after 12 wk of intervention that were found to be significantly different within and/or between the WGW and RW group in middle-aged overweight and obese adults1

RW group WGW group Within RW Within WGW Group comparison
Bacteria Baseline relative abundance, % Δ Relative abundance after 12 wk, % Baseline relative abundance, % Δ Relative abundance after 12 wk, % P value FDR P value P value FDR P value P value FDR P value
f_Ruminococcaceae; g_Ruminiclostridium_9 0.20 ± 0.23 −0.081 ± 0.17 0.065 ± 0.11 0.054 ± 0.14 0.07 NS2 0.07 NS 0.003 NS
f_Ruminococcaceae; g_Ruminococcaceae_NK4A214_group 0.64 ± 1.3 −0.15 ± 0.49 0.37 ± 0.56 0.17 ± 0.83 0.12 NS 0.11 NS 0.036 NS
f_Lachnospiraceae; g_Lachnospiraceae_UCG-008 0.00 ± 0.00 0.043 ± 0.10 0.10 ± 0.12 −0.023 ± 0.083 0.18 NS 0.19 NS 0.044 NS
f_Ruminococcaceae; g_Ruminococcaceae_UCG-014 1.6 ± 2.1 −0.31 ± 0.78 2.2 ± 4.6 0.51 ± 4.2 0.12 NS 0.13 NS 0.033 NS
f_Lachnospiraceae; g_Dorea 1.7 ± 1.1 −0.72 ± 0.91 1.6 ± 0.81 −0.018 ± 0.99 0.005 NS 0.61 NS 0.055 NS
f_Tannerellaceae; g_Parabacteroides 0.37 ± 0.30 0.60 ± 1.42 0.45 ± 0.41 0.35 ± 0.97 0.007 NS 0.18 NS 0.32 NS
f_Lachnospiraceae; g_[Eubacterium]_ventriosum_group 0.17 ± 0.23 −0.14 ± 0.24 0.14 ± 0.14 −0.050 ± 0.15 0.044 NS 0.71 NS 0.18 NS
f_Peptostreptococcaceae_g_unknown 1.2 ± 2.8 −0.64 ± 1.5 0.56 ± 0.71 −0.23 ± 0.69 0.024 NS 0.18 NS 0.57 NS
f_Ruminococcaceae; g_Ruminococcus_2 1.4 ± 1.3 −0.24 ± 1.5 2.1 ± 1.8 −1.1 ± 2.1 0.11 NS 0.024 NS 0.44 NS
f_Ruminococcaceae; g_Subdoligranulum 6.8 ± 4.7 −1.7 ± 4.6 6.1 ± 5.3 −1.8 ± 3.7 0.10 NS 0.024 NS 0.89 NS
f_Burkholderiaceae; g_Sutterella 0.27 ± 0.44 0.085 ± 0.45 0.35 ± 0.92 0.30 ± 0.49 0.31 NS 0.010 NS 0.46 NS
f_Ruminococcaceae; g_Ruminococcaceae_UCG-005 1.1 ± 1.1 0.38 ± 1.5 0.91 ± 1.1 0.21 ± 1.0 0.75 NS 0.042 NS 0.47 NS
1

Values are presented as group means ± SD, n = 16 (RW) or n = 21 (WGW). FDR, false discovery rate; RW, refined wheat; WGW, whole grain wheat; Δ, differential change over time.

2NS, nonsignificant: P value > 0.05.