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Table 1 Basic characteristic of the study population (N = 40)

From: A prospective investigation into the association between the gut microbiome composition and cognitive performance among healthy young adults

 

N

 

Sex, femalesa

40

26 (65)

Age, yearsb

40

26 (22, 30)

Birth weightb

40

3480 (3215, 3665)

Body mass index, kg/m2b

40

23.43 (21.08, 25.06)

Physical activity, MET-hour/weekb

40

33.14 (21.72, 51.12)

Energy intake, kcal/dayb

40

1551.3 (1418.96, 1746.72)

Carbohydrate intake, g/dayb

40

198.62 (173.97, 230.34)

Fiber intake, g/dayb

40

14.69 (13.10, 16.63)

Protein intake, g/dayb

40

51.02 (46.87, 56.87)

Fat intake, g/dayb

40

61.17 (55.61, 67.5)

Alcohol consumption, g/dayb

40

0.39 (0.21, 1.1)

Smoking status, current smokersa

37

6 (16)

Education, ≥ 12 years of educationa

40

22 (55)

Antibiotics intakea

33

13 (39)

Probiotics intakea

33

17 (52)

Time between fecal sampling microbiome and

cognition assessment, daysb

40

166 (130, 194.5)

Shannon alpha diversity indexb

40

6.1 (5.86, 6.3)

Fluid intelligence scoreb

40

110 (100, 119)

  1. an(%)
  2. bMedian (25th, 75th percentile)
  3. n = count, % = percentage