Table 2.

Phylum-level abundance in the validation data and this study

	This study (n = 56)	BMI-NORMAL (n = 1293)	BMI-HIGH (n = 875)
Actinobacteria	3.06%	1.09%	0.91%
Bacteroidetes	36.1%	27.8%	30.1%
Cyanobacteria	0.13%	0.14%	0.14%
Firmicutes	52.7%	34.2%	33.2%
Fusobacteria	0.016%	0.51%	0.23%
Proteobacteria	5.82%	32.8%	32.9%
Tenericutes	2.08%	0.80%	0.50%

BMI-NORMAL: BMI 18.5-24.99 kg/m², BMI-HIGH: BMI ≥ 25 kg/m²