The composition of intestinal microbiota and its association with functional constipation of the elderly patients/Experiment 1

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Curated date: 2025/03/31

Curator: Tosin

Revision editor(s): Tosin

Subjects

Location of subjects
China
Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Homo sapiens
Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology
Feces Cow dung,Cow pat,Droppings,Dung,Excrement,Excreta,Faeces,Fecal material,Fecal matter,Fewmet,Frass,Guano,Matières fécales@fr,Merde@fr,Ordure,Partie de la merde@fr,Piece of shit,Porción de mierda@es,Portion of dung,Portion of excrement,Portion of faeces,Portion of fecal material,Portion of fecal matter,Portion of feces,Portion of guano,Portion of scat,Portionem cacas,Scat,Spoor,Spraint,Stool,Teil der fäkalien@de,Feces,feces
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Chronic constipation Chronic constipation,Infrequent bowel movements,chronic constipation
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Heathy volunteers
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Functional constipation (FC) group
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Patients with functional constipation (FC)
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
48
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
61
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
3 months

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V3-V4
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
relative abundances
Statistical test
T-Test
Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.05
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
No
Matched on Factors on which subjects have been matched on in a case-control study
age

Alpha Diversity

Richness Number of species
increased

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Svetlana up on 2025-4-4

Curated date: 2025/03/31

Curator: Tosin

Revision editor(s): Tosin

Source: Figure 3B

Description: The intestinal microbiota composition between functional constipation patients and healthy controls at the genus level

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Functional constipation (FC) group

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Bacteroides
Butyricimonas
Campylobacter
Candidatus Epulonipiscium
Clostridium
Rheinheimera
Sutterella

Revision editor(s): Tosin

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Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Svetlana up on 2025-4-4

Curated date: 2025/04/01

Curator: Tosin

Revision editor(s): Tosin

Source: Figure 3B

Description: The intestinal microbiota composition between functional constipation patients and healthy controls at the genus level

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Functional constipation (FC) group

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Akkermansia
Allobaculum
Atopobium
Dehalobacterium
Deinococcus
Edwardsiella
Escherichia
Lactococcus
Prevotella
Pseudomonas
Sphingomonas
Thermus
Veillonella

Revision editor(s): Tosin