Gut microbiota in relation to glycemic status in rural & urban Chinese people

Although these phyla of bacteria, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, and Actinobacteria have been studied with relation to diabetes, how microbiota vary in populations experiencing rapid urbanization is now well studied. Transitioning from traditional rural to Westernized urban lifestyles is associated with altered diet, decrease in physical activity, and increased risk of diseases [19]. How the gut microbiota changes and how this affects disease risk is still being explored. Increasing knowledge of how urbanization in China associates with differences in the microbiome by contrasting urban and rural individuals living in similar regions may be informative since previous studies have made such contrasts across different countries and regions. The objective of this study is to examine how glycemic status is associated with differences in the bacteria abundance in a similar region of southern China while thinking about what role rural/urban status plays. Using linear regression, the Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, and Actinobacteria abundances in individuals with elevated versus normal HbA1c was examined.Bachelor of Science in Public Healt