|
Healthy children
|
Children with type 1 diabetes
|
P
|
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Proteobacteria
|
7.74 ±0.64
|
7.97 ±1.12
|
0.481
|
Actinobacteria
|
6.32 ±0.45
|
5.47 ±0.93
|
0.003
|
Fusobacteria
|
6.61 ±1.19
|
6.99 ±1.28
|
0.391
|
Firmicutes
|
9.85 ±0.43
|
6.54 ±0.56
|
0.001
|
Bacteroidetes
|
9.98 ±0.74
|
10.92 ±0.83
|
0.002
|
Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes ratio
|
0.97 ±0.19
|
0.62 ±0.24
|
0.001
|
- Values are presented as means ±SD and expressed as log10 copies per gram of feces. N = 16 participants per group. Relationships between both groups were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test. Values are significantly different for P <0.05.