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The Gut-Brain Axis in Healthy Females: Lack of Significant Association between Microbial Composition and Diversity with Psychiatric Measures

Susan C. Kleiman; Emily Bulik-Sullivan; Elaine M. Glenny; Stephanie Zerwas; Eun Young Huh; Matthew C. B. Tsilimigras; Anthony A. Fodor; Cynthia M. Bulik · 2017 · PLoS ONE

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study examined associations between the composition and diversity of the intestinal microbiota and measures of depression, anxiety, eating disorder psychopathology, stress, and personality in a group of healthy adult females. METHODS: Female participants (n = 91) ages 19-50 years with BMI 18.5-25 kg/m2 were recruited from central North Carolina between July 2014 and March 2015. Participants provided a single fecal sample and completed an online psychiatric questionnaire that included five measures: (i) Beck Anxiety Inventory; (ii) Beck Depression Inventory-II; (iii) Eating Diso

Abstract by Susan C. Kleiman; Emily Bulik-Sullivan; Elaine M. Glenny; Stephanie Zerwas; Eun Young Huh; Matthew C. B. Tsilimigras; Anthony A. Fodor; Cynthia M. Bulik, PLoS ONE (2017) — licensed CC BY 4.0.

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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0170208