Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the enrolled subjects for GM 16S rRNA gene sequencing in this study

Number

45

25

–

42

20

–

Age (year)

55 ± 7

51 ± 11

0.064

54 ± 11

48 ± 12

0.059

Height (cm)

153.2 ± 6.7

152.7 ± 7.7

0.800

165.7 ± 6.4

164.6 ± 8.5

0.564

Weight (kg)

56.9 ± 9.8

55.7 ± 9.8

0.626

64.3 ± 9.6

61.5 ± 8.4

0.262

BMI (kg/m2)

24.2 ± 3.6

23.8 ± 3.3

0.646

23.4 ± 3.2

22.7 ± 2.9

0.411

WC (cm)

85.9 ± 9.2

84.6 ± 8.5

0.554

86.0 ± 8.4

83.3 ± 7.2

0.213

SBP (mmHg)

145 ± 15

110 ± 7

0.000*

142 ± 17

112 ± 7

0.000*

DBP (mmHg)

82 ± 9

68 ± 6

0.000*

86 ± 8

69 ± 5

0.000*

MAP (mmHg)

103 ± 9

82 ± 6

0.000*

105 ± 9

83 ± 5

0.000*

FPG (mmol/L)

5.06 ± 0.94

5.09 ± 0.78

0.889

4.82 ± 1.00

4.81 ± 0.65

0.948

TG (mmol/L)

1.61 ± 0.55

1.51 ± 0.59

0.460

1.40 ± 0.70

1.27 ± 0.77

0.510

TC (mmol/L)

4.40 ± 1.07

4.36 ± 1.62

0.909

3.75 ± 0.70

3.53 ± 1.14

0.428

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.49 ± 0.78

2.60 ± 1.31

0.653

2.07 ± 0.56

1.99 ± 0.72

0.630

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.37 ± 0.44

1.20 ± 0.40

0.115

1.22 ± 0.40

1.07 ± 0.47

0.179

non-HDL-C (mmol/L)

3.03 ± 0.84

3.16 ± 1.56

0.646

2.53 ± 0.59

2.46 ± 0.91

0.774