Analyses of correlation between gut flora composition and host metabolic parameters.

<p>The entire data of all experimental groups except normal were gathered and analyzed by SPSS software (17.0 version) using two-tailed Pearson’s correlation test. The scores of Pearson’s correlation were figured by PermutMatrix software (Version 1.9.3 EN) using heatmap plots. As the colors scale shown, green color indicates a positive correlation, while red color shows a negative correlation. (A symbol of ○ indicates absolute value of Pearson r >0.4; a symbol of ☆ indicates statistical significance of <i>P</i><0.05).