Table 3.
Relative abundances of baseline gut microbiota communities at the phylum level in all participants
| All subjects (n=63) | Test groupNS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-diet group | Probiotics group | Synbiotics group | ||
| Bacteroidetes | 49.53±3.84 | 44.42±4.23 | 55.33±3.25 | 48.84±4.05 |
| Firmicutes | 41.87±3.37 | 45.17±3.51 | 37.45±2.85 | 42.98±3.75 |
| Proteobacteria | 3.58±0.65 | 4.01±0.68 | 4.14±0.97 | 2.60±0.32 |
| Actinobacteria | 1.03±0.38 | 0.87±0.20 | 0.89±0.28 | 1.32±0.65 |
| Fusobacteria | 1.21±0.97 | 2.67±2.30 | 0.32±0.25 | 0.63±0.35 |
| Verrucomicrobia | 1.35±0.98 | 1.47±0.98 | 0.44±0.32 | 2.13±1.64 |
| Others | 1.36±0.50 | 0.99±0.44 | 1.43±0.49 | 1.66±0.55 |
| F/B ratio | 1.15±0.23 | 1.34±0.23 | 0.80±0.12 | 1.31±0.29 |
Values are expressed as the mean±SEM (n=21).
F/B ratio, Firmicutes-to-Bacteroidetes ratio. B-diet group, whole grains and vegetable-enriched diet; probiotics group, probiotic capsule containing Lactobacillus plantarum PMO 08; synbiotics group, whole grains and vegetable-enriched diet combined with L. plantarum PMO 08. NS, no significant difference between groups.