Correlation of intestinal microbiota with overweight and obesity in Kazakh school children

• Published in: BMC microbiology Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 283
• Main Authors: Xu, Peiru, Li, Min, Zhang, Jihong, Zhang, Tao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 28.11.2012; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Age; Anthropometry; Bacterial Load; Bacteroides; Bacteroidetes - isolation & purification; Blood pressure; Body Mass Index; Case-Control Studies; Child; Children; Children & youth; Comparative analysis; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Elementary school students; Feces; Female; Firmicutes; Gastrointestinal Tract - microbiology; Gender; Genetic aspects; Gram-Positive Bacteria - isolation & purification; Humans; Influence; Insulin; Insulin resistance; Kazakh; Kazakhstan; Low density lipoprotein; Male; Metabolism; Metagenome; Microbiology; Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms); Obesity; Obesity in children; Obesity, Bacteroidetes; Overweight - microbiology; Pathogenesis; Pediatrics; Physiological aspects; Risk factors; Schools; Students; Studies; Weight gain; Kazakhstan; China

This study sought to investigate a possible correlation between the intestinal microbiota, Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes, and obesity in Kazakh school children, aged 7-13 (n = 175). Obese subjects had significantly greater systolic blood pressure, waist and hip circumference, as well as HOMA-IR as co...