A taxonomic signature of obesity in a large study of American adults

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Peters, Brandilyn A ^a   Shapiro, Jean A ^b   Church, Timothy R ^c   Miller, George ^a   Trinh Shevrin, Chau ^a   Yuen, Elizabeth ^d   Friedlander, Charles ^d   Hayes, Richard B ^a   Ahn, Jiyoung ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Kips Bay Endoscopy Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

AGED; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 85049133378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-28126-1     Document Type: Article

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