3.5 Associations between levels of dietary intakes and the gut microbial abundance
ANCOM was used to analyze associations between gut microbiome abundance and levels of nutritional intake. At the phylum level, children with adequate fiber showed a higher abundance of Cyanobacteria(W = 8). At the genus level, children with excessive total calories intake had a higher abundance of Catenibacterium(W = 32). Children with inadequate fat intake based on calories percentage had higher abundances in family S24-7 (W = 26) and in genus Megasphaera (W = 9) while children with adequate fat intake had higher abundances in bacterial familyErysipelotrichaceae and Peptostreptococcaceae . Children with adequate fiber intake had a higher abundance of bacterial orderYS2 (W = 99).