ArticleFrontiers in public health2022
Analysis of the gut microbiome in obese native Tibetan children living at different altitudes: A case-control study.
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- Structural and functional characterization of gut microbiota in dyslipidemic patients from high-altitude Tibetan pastoral areas.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Comparative study of gut microbiota on fat deposition in European meat pigeons and Yuzhong pigeons.PeerJ · 2025Article
- Long-term effects of altitude on changes in intestinal flora in a young and middle-aged population: a longitudinal analysis before and after 6 months of entry to high altitude.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Gut microbiome enterotypes and temporal variations during a six-month inulin-supplemented weight loss randomized controlled trial in Thai children with obesity.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025Article
- Spatial analysis of the prevalence of abdominal obesity in middle-aged and older adult people in China: exploring the relationship with meteorological factors based on gender differences.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Gut Microbial Diversity Analysis of Different Native Chickens and Screening of Chicken-Derived Probiotics.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Structure and Metabolic Characteristics of Intestinal Microbiota in Tibetan and Han Populations of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Associated Influencing Factors.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- How hypoxia affects microbiota metabolism in mice.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objective: To explore the relationship between intestinal flora and obesity in Tibetan children at different altitudes. Methods: Using16S rRNA gene sequencing results and blood lipid metabolism indexes to study the characteristics of the intestinal flora present in faeces and changes in blood lipid metabolism in obese children in Tibet who reside at different altitudes and to study correlations between blood lipid metabolism indicators and the intestinal flora composition. Results: The results showed the following. (a) The triglyceride (TG) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels in the obesity groups were higher than those in the normal-weight groups, and those in the high-altitude obesity groups were lower than those in the low-altitude obesity groups. (b) The 16S rRNA gene sequencing results showed that altitude affected the composition and relative abundance of the gut microbiota. These parameters were basically the same among the low-altitude groups, while they were significantly lower in the high-altitude groups than in the low-altitude groups. (c) Groups that lived at different altitudes and had different body weights had different dominant bacterial genera. Conclusions: The intestinal flora diversity varied by body weight and altitude, with lower diversity in those at higher altitudes and with lower body weights.
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