Community metric · Phylum ratio

Firmicutes : Bacteroidetes ratio

Community metric A once-famous ‘obesity ratio’ that larger, better-controlled studies have largely failed to support — a cautionary tale in reading microbiome headlines.

Associated with these conditions

Obesity Mixed

The famous ‘obese ratio’ — an early claim that larger, better-controlled studies have largely failed to reproduce.

Disputed / mixed studies conflict

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