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. 2022 Jan 10;8:759735. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.759735

Table 1.

Sex differences in the gut microbiome.

Component Sex difference References
Bacteroides healthy men > healthy women (6770)
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.