Table 1. Participants’ characteristics.

Group*	AB Controls	A-SCI	L-SCI
Total, n	25	7	25
Age, y	42 ± 13	36 ± 12	46 ± 13
Sex (Female/Male)	9F/16M	2F/5M	6F/19M
Level of Injury$, n	N/A	C: 5 T: 2	C: 6 T: 17 L: 2
Severity of Injury, n	N/A	AIS A: 2 AIS B: 1 AIS C: 3 AIS D: 1	AIS A: 17 AIS B: 2 AIS C: 2 AIS D: 4
Time of stool collection post-injury	N/A	7 days; min 4, max 11	18 years; min 3, max 53
Antibiotics Use	0	n=6	0

*AB, able-bodied; A-SCI, acute spinal cord injury; L-SCI, long-standing spinal cord injury; AIS: American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale.

^$C, cervical; T, thoracic; L, lumbar level;