Fig. 5

Coordinated effects of VLCD on fecal bile acids and microbiota. a Changes in total bile acids in feces following VLCD-induced weight loss (mean ± SE, *p < 0.05). b Spearman correlation heat map for bacterial taxa (rows) versus fecal bile acids (columns) changing with weight loss, at p-value < 0.1. Red denotes positive correlation (p < 0.1), dark red denotes strongly positive correlation (p < 0.05), blue denotes negative correlation (p < 0.1) while dark blue denotes strongly negative correlation (p < 0.05)