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Heritable components of the human fecal microbiome are associated with visceral fat
BACKGROUND: Variation in the human fecal microbiota has previously been associated with body mass index (BMI). Although obesity is a global health burden, the accumulation of abdominal visceral fat is the specific cardio-metabolic disease risk factor. Here, we explore links between the fecal microbi...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5036307/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27666579 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-016-1052-7 |