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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: Sampling and pyrosequencing methods for characterizing bacterial communities in the human gut using 16S sequence tags

Total number of participants

10

Female sex

4

Race

 

   Black/African-American

3

   White

7

Median age (range)

26.5 years (20 - 61)

Median body mass index (range)

25.5 (19.2 - 37.4)

Current smoker

1

Stool frequency 1-2 times/day

10

Bristol stool category

 

   1

0

   2

4

   3

1

   4

4

   5

0

   6

1

   7

0