Table 1.
Component | Sex difference | References |
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Bacteroides | healthy men > healthy women | (67–70) |
Prevotella | healthy men > healthy women | (69) |
Bacteroides | obese men < obese women | (71) |
Firmicutes | obese men < obese women | (71) |
Bacteroides | healthy male mice > healthy female mice | (72) |
Ruminococcaceae | healthy male mice > healthy female mice | (73) |
Peptostreptococcaceae | healthy male mice < healthy female mice | (73) |
TMAO | healthy male mice < healthy female mice | (74) |
SCFA | male > female rats fed an oligofructose-supplemented diet | (75) |
SCFA, short-chain fatty acids; TMAO, trimethylamine-N-oxide.