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Table 4 Group comparisons evaluated in this study

From: Gut microbiome profiling of a rural and urban South African cohort reveals biomarkers of a population in lifestyle transition

Groups

Targeted Evaluation

Sample Data (No. of Samples)

Bushbuckridge vs Soweto

Overall site differences

All samples - lean, overweight and obese (167)

Bushbuckridge vs Soweto

Compositional differences in the lean category between sites

Bushbuckridge and Soweto lean samples only (30)

Bushbuckridge vs Soweto

Compositional differences in the obese category between sites

Bushbuckridge and Soweto obese samples only (106)

Lean vs Obese

Cohort-wide BMI compositional categorical differences

Bushbuckridge and Soweto lean and obese samples only (136)

Lean vs Obese

Site-specific BMI compositional categorical differences

Bushbuckridge lean and obese samples only (87)

Lean vs Obese

Site-specific BMI compositional categorical differences

SWT lean and obese samples only (49)