The combination of sport and sport-specific diet is associated with characteristics of gut microbiota: an observational study

Table 3 Gut microbiota composition at species level

	Controls (n = 15)	Bodybuilders (n = 15)	Distance runners (n = 15)
Blautia wexlerae	4.9 ± 2.6⁺	3.2 ± 1.9*	2.1 ± 1.1^¥¥
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii	2.3 ± 2.0	4.9 ± 3.8	2.8 ± 2.4
Eubacterium hallii	2.0 ± 1.1⁺	1.0 ± 0.7	1.2 ± 0.9^¥
Bacteroides stercoris	1.9 ± 2.6⁺⁺	0.4 ± 0.9	0.8 ± 1.8
B. adolescentis group	1.3 ± 1.6	0.4 ± 1.1**	1.1 ± 0.9
Bacteroides caccae	0.15 ± 0.2	0.2 ± 0.2**	0.9 ± 1.0^¥¥
Ruminococcus callidus	0.3 ± 0.4⁺⁺	0.07 ± 0.2*	0.4 ± 0.7
B. longum group	0.5 ± 0.5⁺⁺	0.1 ± 0.1	0.3 ± 0.3
Escherichia coli group	0.4 ± 0.8⁺	0.2 ± 0.8**	0.3 ± 0.7
Faecalibacterium_uc	0.1 ± 0.06⁺⁺⁺	0.2 ± 0.1	0.2 ± 0.1
Sutterella_uc	0.03 ± 0.03⁺⁺	0.07 ± 0.05	0.07 ± 0.06^¥
Bifidobacterium_uc	0.08 ± 0.03⁺	0.03 ± 0.04*	0.07 ± 0.06
Clostridium innocuum group	0.1 ± 0.3	0.007 ± 0.02	0.002 ± 0.004^¥
Weissella confusa group	0.07 ± 0.1	0.03 ± 0.1	0.001 ± 0.002^¥¥
Enterobacter cloacae group	0.03 ± 0.02	0.08 ± 0.2**	0.005 ± 0.005^¥¥
Lactobacillus sakei group	0.05 ± 0.06⁺	0.01 ± 0.03	0.03 ± 0.05

Data shown as mean ± SD, controls versus bodybuilders: ⁺p < 0.05 or ⁺⁺p < 0.01 or ⁺⁺⁺p < 0.001, bodybuilders versus distance runners: *p < 0.05 or **p < 0.01, distance runners versus controls: ^¥p < 0.05 or ^¥¥p < 0.01 or ^¥¥¥p < 0.001

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