Open AccessGut microbiome diversity and composition is associated with hypertension in women
Author(s) -
Panayiotis Louca,
Aogal,
Philippa M Wells,
Francesco Asnicar,
Jonathan Wolf,
Claire J. Steves,
Tim D. Spector,
Nicola Segata,
Sarah Berry,
Ana M. Valdes,
Cristina Menni
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.249
H-Index - 172
eISSN - 1473-5598
pISSN - 0263-6352
DOI - 10.1097/hjh.0000000000002878
Subject(s) - microbiome , medicine , beta diversity , confidence interval , alpha diversity , essential hypertension , blood pressure , gut microbiome , 16s ribosomal rna , gut flora , ribosomal rna , metagenomics , genus , zoology , genetics , bioinformatics , physiology , biology , gene , ecology , species diversity , immunology , species richness
Animal studies support a role for the gut microbiota in hypertension development, but large human studies are lacking. Here, we investigated the relationship between hypertension prevalence and gut microbial composition in two cohorts.