Geographic social vulnerability is associated with the alpha diversity of the human microbiome.
mSystems 2023;
8:e0130822. [PMID:
37642431 PMCID:
PMC10654076 DOI:
10.1128/msystems.01308-22]
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Abstract
IMPORTANCE
As a risk factor for conditions related to the microbiome, understanding the role of SVI on microbiome diversity may assist in identifying public health implications for microbiome research. Here we found, using a sub-sample of the Human Microbiome Project phase 1 cohort, that SVI was linked to microbiome diversity across body sites and that SVI may influence race/ethnicity-based differences in diversity. Our findings, build on the current knowledge regarding the role of human geography in microbiome research, suggest that measures of geographic social vulnerability be considered as additional contextual factors when exploring microbiome alpha diversity.
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