Gut microbiota composition and bone mineral loss-epidemiologic evidence from individuals in Wuhan, China.

C LiQ HuangR YangY DaiY ZengL TaoX LiJ ZengQi Wang

Published in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2019)

Several taxa with altered abundance and specific functional pathways were discovered in low-BMD individuals. Our findings provide novel epidemiologic evidence to elucidate the underlying microbiota-relevant mechanism in bone mineral loss and osteoporosis.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
postmenopausal women
bone loss
body composition
coronavirus disease