Abstract

Although obesity is associated with numerous diseases, the risks of disease may depend on metabolic health. Associations between the gut microbiota, obesity, and metabolic syndrome have been reported, but differences in microbiomes according to metabolic health in the obese population have not been explored in previous studies. Here, we investigated the composition of gut microbiota according to metabolic health status in obese and overweight subjects. A total of 747 overweight or obese adults were categorized by metabolic health status, and their fecal microbiota were profiled using 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing. We classified these adults into a metabolically healthy group (MH, N = 317) without any components of metabolic syndrome or a metabolically unhealthy group (MU, N = 430) defined as having at least one metabolic abnormality. The phylogenetic and non-phylogenetic alpha diversity for gut microbiota were lower in the MU group than the MH group, and there were significant differences in gut microbiota bacterial composition between the two groups. We found that the genus Oscillospira and the family Coriobacteriaceae were associated with good metabolic health in the overweight and obese populations. This is the first report to describe gut microbial diversity and composition in metabolically healthy and unhealthy overweight and obese individuals. Modulation of the gut microbiome may help prevent metabolic abnormalities in the obese population.

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Title
Gut microbiota and metabolic health among overweight and obese individuals
Author
Mi-Hyun, Kim 1 ; Yun Kyung Eun 1 ; Kim, Jimin 1 ; Park Eunkyo 2 ; Chang Yoosoo 3 ; Ryu Seungho 3 ; Kim, Hyung-Lae 2 ; Han-Na, Kim 4 

 Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Center for Cohort Studies, Total Healthcare Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.264381.a) (ISNI:0000 0001 2181 989X) 
 Ewha Womans University, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.255649.9) (ISNI:0000 0001 2171 7754) 
 Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Center for Cohort Studies, Total Healthcare Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.264381.a) (ISNI:0000 0001 2181 989X); Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.264381.a) (ISNI:0000 0001 2181 989X); Sungkyunkwan University, Department of Clinical Research Design and Evaluation, SAIHST, Seoul, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.264381.a) (ISNI:0000 0001 2181 989X) 
 Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Center for Cohort Studies, Total Healthcare Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.264381.a) (ISNI:0000 0001 2181 989X); Sungkyunkwan University, Department of Clinical Research Design and Evaluation, SAIHST, Seoul, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.264381.a) (ISNI:0000 0001 2181 989X); Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Medical Research Institute, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.264381.a) (ISNI:0000 0001 2181 989X) 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2471557219
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.