TABLE 4.

Per-protocol analysis comparisons at 12-wk follow-up of the relative abundance of fecal bacteria between groups of adults who consumed a daily isocaloric meal with or without avocado¹

	Control (n = 54)	Avocado (n = 55)	P	q
Firmicutes2	59.9 ± 2.05	58.8 ± 1.98	0.71	0.80
Blautia2, 3	4.48 ± 0.65	3.64 ± 0.43	0.34	0.63
Coprococcus2	3.54 ± 0.33	3.66 ± 0.31	0.78	0.84
Ruminococcus2, 3	3.22 ± 0.37	2.22 ± 0.29	0.02	0.28
Dorea2, 3	1.00 ± 0.12	1.04 ± 0.12	0.70	0.82
Streptococcus4	0.47 ± 0.10	0.75 ± 0.23	0.90	0.93
Faecalibacterium2	13.0 ± 1.12	16.4 ± 1.25	0.04	0.28
Roseburia2	9.24 ± 0.93	6.12 ± 0.62	0.01	0.28
Clostridium2, 3	0.36 ± 0.07	0.46 ± 0.06	0.08	0.32
Oscillospira2, 3	1.07 ± 0.15	1.17 ± 0.16	0.43	0.75
Dialister2, 3	2.33 ± 0.39	2.05 ± 0.39	0.30	0.65
Lactobacillus4	0.14 ± 0.08	0.15 ± 0.08	0.20	0.56
Lachnospira2	1.12 ± 0.13	1.56 ± 0.17	0.04	0.22
Lachnobacterium4	0.32 ± 0.11	0.14 ± 0.07	0.20	0.51
Phascolarctobacterium2, 3	0.66 ± 0.15	0.62 ± 0.12	0.62	0.79
Alistipes2, 3	1.44 ± 0.23	2.37 ± 0.45	0.03	0.28
Bacteroidetes2	34.5 ± 2.11	34.3 ± 1.96	0.94	0.94
Bacteroides2	24.5 ± 2.09	22.8 ± 1.87	0.55	0.86
Parabacteroides2	1.92 ± 0.29	2.73 ± 0.29	0.05	0.23
Actinobacteria2, 3	1.98 ± 0.40	2.32 ± 0.42	0.56	0.83
Bifidobacterium2, 3	1.38 ± 0.32	1.54 ± 0.30	0.45	0.74
Collinsella4	0.36 ± 0.20	0.39 ± 0.16	0.57	0.80
Verrucomicrobia4	0.63 ± 0.17	0.98 ± 0.26	0.08	0.28
Akkermansia 4	0.63 ± 0.17	0.96 ± 0.26	0.15	0.47
Proteobacteria2	2.51 ± 0.29	2.70 ± 0.29	0.65	0.79
Sutterella2, 3	1.49 ± 0.20	1.72 ± 0.25	0.57	0.76
Bilophila2, 3	0.23 ± 0.04	0.31 ± 0.06	0.23	0.54
Desulfovibrio4	0.10 ± 0.04	0.15 ± 0.05	0.32	0.64

¹Values are means ± SEMs. Data were analyzed by univariate ANOVA or Mann-Whitney U test with false discovery rate correction (q values).

²ANOVA.

³Indicates bacteria that were transformed prior to analysis.

⁴Mann-Whitney U test.