In fact, we revealed that lean participants from the different studies varied more in their levels of Firmicutes than did the lean and
obese individuals within each study, pointing to systematic biases and biological differences across the study populations.
In fact, her lab found that there was greater variability in gut bacteria between the different studies than between the lean and
obese individuals within each study.
Not exact matches
Out of the 27
individuals that were assessed in this study, 18 had type 2 diabetes with a duration of the condition for less than 15 years, all
within the range group of 25 to 65 years and a body mass index marking them as
obese.
The participants of the study published in Lipids in Health and Disease (3/2009) were overweight or
obese, but otherwise healthy
individuals with cholesterol levels
within their normal range.