Table 3.

Gut bacteria associated with the intake of fiber, sodium, salt, SFA (E%), and adherence to HNFI and HDS indices¹

Gut bacteria	Unadjusted values		Adjusted values		P ǂ	P ҂
	B	95% CI	B	95% CI
	Fiber intake (≥ 30 g/d) (n = 29)
(B) Alistipes	−0.306	−1.697, −0.068	−0.301	−1.730, −0.008	0.034	0.048
	Sodium intake (> 2.3 g/d) (n = 25)
(B) Bacteroides fragilis	−0.297	−2.672, −0.063	−0.250	−2.495, 0.198	0.040	0.093
(B) Bacteroides stercoris	0.367	0.325, 2.303	0.329	0.118, 2.241	0.010	0.030
	Salt intake (> 5.0 g/d) (n = 35)
(P) Proteobacteria	0.314	0.087, 1.595	0.288	−0.044, 1.585	0.030	0.063
	SFA intake (≥ 10 E%/d) (n = 20)
(A) Actinomycetales	−0.385	−1.928, −0.325	−0.404	−2.079, −0.283	0.007	0.011
(F) Firmicutes	−0.300	−0.766, −0.022	−0.319	−0.839, 0.001	0.038	0.050
(F) Ruminococcus gnavus	0.204	−0.264. 1.520	0.238	0.050, 1.966	0.163	0.040
(F) Phascolarctobacterium sp.	0.246	−0.202, 2.620	0.331	0.056, 3.187	0.091	0.043
(T) Mycoplasma hominis	−0.221	−2.175, 0.289	−0.327	−2.716, −0.076	0.130	0.040
	High adherence to HNFI (≥ 4 points) (n = 18)
(B) Bacteroides stercoris	0.333	0.198, 2.266	0.317	0.114, 2.229	0.021	0.031
(F) Bacilli	−0.338	−1.056, −0.182	−0.420	−1.123, −0.219	0.006	0.005
(F) Lactobacillus spp.	−0.260	−2.481, 0.122	−0.332	−2.721, −0.291	0.075	0.016
(F) Eubacterium biforme	−0.276	−2.639, 0.041	−0.345	−2.905, −0.335	0.057	0.015
(F) Streptococcus salivarius spp. thermophilus	−0.294	−1.556, −0.029	−0.329	−1.673, −0.098	0.042	0.028
	High adherence to HDS (≥ 65 points) (n = 38)
(F) Lactobacillus spp. 2	−0.383	−1.680, −0.278	−0.337	−1.618, −0.107	0.007	0.026

¹Gut bacteria values were log2-transformed before analysis.

^ǂP for unadjusted values assessed by a linear regression model.

^҂P for values adjusted for age, sex, and BMI, assessed by a linear regression model.

Phyla are indicated within parentheses; (A), Actinobacteria; (B), Bacteroidetes; (F), Firmicutes; (P), Proteobacteria; (T), Tenericutes

The level of significance was set at P < 0.05 and are indicated in bold italic.