Our objective was to investigate the relationship between the gut microbiota and
anthropometric measurements among 248 participants from the Health Effects of Arsenic …

Background Growing evidence supports the role of gut microbiota in obesity, yet exact
associations remain largely unknown. Specifically, very little is known about this association …

Socioeconomic inequalities in health and mortality are well established, but the biological
mechanisms underlying these associations are less understood. In parallel, the gut …

To our knowledge, fecal microbiota collection methods have not been evaluated in low-and
middle-income countries. Therefore, we evaluated five different fecal sample collection …

Current reports suggest that obesity is a serious global health issue. Emerging evidence has
predicted strong links between obesity and the human gut microbiota. However, only a few …

No studies have investigated the influence of ethnicity in a multi-ethnic middle-income
country with a long-standing history of co-habitation. Stool samples from 214 Malaysian …

Background Pakistan is a multi-ethnic society where there is a disparity between dietary
habits, genetic composition, and environmental exposures. The microbial ecology of healthy …

We report the initial characterization of the gastrointestinal tract (gut) and oral microbiota
(bacteria) in 32 urban Pakistani adults. Study participants were between ages 18 and 40 …

Simple Summary Obesity is a global health problem associated with increased mortality and
morbidity rates. Concurrently, with important advances in therapeutic options for obesity, the …

Obesity is a consequence of a complex interplay between the host genome and the
prevalent obesogenic factors among the modern communities. The role of gut microbiota in …