Table 1 Characteristics of the studies
Study | Target region | Sequence platform | DNA extraction protocol | Patients’ age | Patients’ sex (%) | BMI (kg/m2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Khanna et al. [22] | V4 | MiSeq Illumina | PowerFecal DNA Isolation kit (Mo Bio) | Median, 52.7 Lower percentile, 36.9 Upper percentile, 65.1 | M, 39.8 F, 60.2 | Median, 26.7 Lower percentile, 23.1 Upper percentile, 30.6 |
Pakpour et al. (current) | V4 | MiSeq Illumina | PowerFecal DNA Isolation kit (Mo Bio) | Median 64.0 Lower percentile, 60.0 Upper percentile, 73.0 | M, 48.4 F, 51.6 | Median, 25.0 Lower percentile, 20.4 Upper percentile, 31.7 |