Table 2 Abundance of the major PCA determinants stratified by area of residence
Bacterial family | Abundance (Mean% ± SD) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whole (n = 516) | Hokkaido (n = 38) | Tohoku (n = 40) | Kanto (n = 193) | Chubu (n = 49) | Kansai (n = 49) | Chugoku Shikoku (n = 48) | Kyushu (n = 99) | |
Bacteroidaceae | 33.1 ± 19.0 | 32.4 ± 19.8 | 32.4 ± 19.7 | 30.8 ± 18.0 | 39.2 ± 20.1 | 34.7 ± 17.4 | 30.8 ± 17.7 | 35.4 ± 20.5 |
Lachnospiraceae | 17.6 ± 10.1 | 20.3 ± 7.7a | 18.4 ± 9.7ab | 18.7 ± 10.5ab | 15.3 ± 10.4ab | 17.8 ± 9.7ab | 18.1 ± 10.0ab | 15.1 ± 10.0b |
Prevotellaceae | 9.1 ± 18.0 | 7.1 ± 16.8 | 10.0 ± 19.1 | 10.8 ± 19.3 | 5.9 ± 16.6 | 4.9 ± 11.1 | 10.4 ± 20.4 | 8.9 ± 17.1 |
Ruminococcaceae | 15.8 ± 9.3 | 15.0 ± 10.3 | 16.5 ± 9.9 | 16.4 ± 8.9 | 15.3 ± 10.1 | 15.1 ± 9.9 | 15.0 ± 9.0 | 15.9 ± 8.8 |