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Black and white US women have gut microbiome differences, and these may be associated with insulin resistance, a risk factor for diabetes

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Black and white US women have gut microbiome differences, and these may be associated with insulin resistance, a risk factor for diabetes

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0259889  

Article Title: Differences in gut microbiome by insulin sensitivity status in Black and White women of the National Growth and Health Study (NGHS): A pilot study

Author Countries: U.S.A.

Funding: Supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [2 K12 HD051958] Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health at UC Davis; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development grant Race, stress and dysregulated eating: Maternal to child transmission of obesity [R01HD073568]; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant Neighborhood Environments and Intergenerational Transmission of Cardiovascular Health [R56HL141878]; National Institute on Aging grants Early Life Adversity, Cumulative Life Stress, Race, and Cellular Aging in Midlife Women and Offspring [R56AG059677 & R01AG059677].


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