Higher physical activity levels are related to faecal microbiota diversity and composition in young adults

Increasing physical activity (PA) is recognised as an efficacious approach for preventing and treating cardiometabolic diseases. Recently, the composition of microorganisms living within the gut has been proposed as an important appropriate target for treating these diseases. Whether PA is related t...

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Main Authors: Lourdes Ortiz-Alvarez, Huiwen Xu, Samuel Ruiz-Campos, Francisco M. Acosta, Jairo H. Migueles, Ramiro Vilchez-Vargas, Alexander Link, Julio Plaza-Díaz, Angel Gil, Idoia Labayen, Jonatan R. Ruiz, Borja Martinez-Tellez
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Published: Termedia Publishing House 2024-06-01
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author Lourdes Ortiz-Alvarez
Huiwen Xu
Samuel Ruiz-Campos
Francisco M. Acosta
Jairo H. Migueles
Ramiro Vilchez-Vargas
Alexander Link
Julio Plaza-Díaz
Angel Gil
Idoia Labayen
Jonatan R. Ruiz
Borja Martinez-Tellez
author_facet Lourdes Ortiz-Alvarez
Huiwen Xu
Samuel Ruiz-Campos
Francisco M. Acosta
Jairo H. Migueles
Ramiro Vilchez-Vargas
Alexander Link
Julio Plaza-Díaz
Angel Gil
Idoia Labayen
Jonatan R. Ruiz
Borja Martinez-Tellez
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description Increasing physical activity (PA) is recognised as an efficacious approach for preventing and treating cardiometabolic diseases. Recently, the composition of microorganisms living within the gut has been proposed as an important appropriate target for treating these diseases. Whether PA is related to faecal microbiota diversity and composition in humans remains to be ascertained. Thus, we examined the association of the time spent in objectively measured PA with faecal microbiota diversity and composition in young adults. A cross-sectional study enrolled 88 young adults aged 22.0 ± 2.3 years (72.7% women), whose time spent in PA at different intensities was objectively measured with a wrist-worn accelerometer for 7 consecutive days. Faecal microbiota diversity and composition were analysed with hypervariable tag sequencing of the V3–V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene. The mean Euclidean Norm of the raw accelerations Minus One (mg) during waking time, considered as overall PA, and the time spent in vigorous PA were positively correlated with alpha diversity indexes (all rho ≥ 0.23, P ≤ 0.034). Regarding faecal microbiota composition, participants with low time spent in vigorous PA had higher relative abundance of the Gammaproteobacteria class (q = 0.021, FDR = q -value) compared to the participants with high time spent in vigorous PA, and lower relative abundance of the Porphyromonadaceae family ( q = 0.031) and the Alistipes genus ( q = 0.015) compared to the individuals with high and intermediate time spent in vigorous PA, respectively. Our results suggest that PA, especially of vigorous intensity, is related to faecal microbiota diversity and the Gammaproteobacteria class and Porphyromonadaceae family in young adults.
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spelling doaj-art-fb2f49e85bde4ed4a85ee140409c3e052025-08-20T02:58:37ZengTermedia Publishing HouseBiology of Sport0860-021X2083-18622024-06-0142112313510.5114/biolsport.2025.13985054164Higher physical activity levels are related to faecal microbiota diversity and composition in young adultsLourdes Ortiz-AlvarezHuiwen XuSamuel Ruiz-CamposFrancisco M. AcostaJairo H. MiguelesRamiro Vilchez-VargasAlexander LinkJulio Plaza-DíazAngel GilIdoia LabayenJonatan R. RuizBorja Martinez-TellezIncreasing physical activity (PA) is recognised as an efficacious approach for preventing and treating cardiometabolic diseases. Recently, the composition of microorganisms living within the gut has been proposed as an important appropriate target for treating these diseases. Whether PA is related to faecal microbiota diversity and composition in humans remains to be ascertained. Thus, we examined the association of the time spent in objectively measured PA with faecal microbiota diversity and composition in young adults. A cross-sectional study enrolled 88 young adults aged 22.0 ± 2.3 years (72.7% women), whose time spent in PA at different intensities was objectively measured with a wrist-worn accelerometer for 7 consecutive days. Faecal microbiota diversity and composition were analysed with hypervariable tag sequencing of the V3–V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene. The mean Euclidean Norm of the raw accelerations Minus One (mg) during waking time, considered as overall PA, and the time spent in vigorous PA were positively correlated with alpha diversity indexes (all rho ≥ 0.23, P ≤ 0.034). Regarding faecal microbiota composition, participants with low time spent in vigorous PA had higher relative abundance of the Gammaproteobacteria class (q = 0.021, FDR = q -value) compared to the participants with high time spent in vigorous PA, and lower relative abundance of the Porphyromonadaceae family ( q = 0.031) and the Alistipes genus ( q = 0.015) compared to the individuals with high and intermediate time spent in vigorous PA, respectively. Our results suggest that PA, especially of vigorous intensity, is related to faecal microbiota diversity and the Gammaproteobacteria class and Porphyromonadaceae family in young adults.https://www.termedia.pl/Higher-physical-activity-levels-are-related-to-faecal-microbiota-r-ndiversity-and-composition-in-young-adults,78,54164,1,1.htmlphysical activity gastrointestinal microbiome shorts-chain fatty acids obesity activity monitor
spellingShingle Lourdes Ortiz-Alvarez
Huiwen Xu
Samuel Ruiz-Campos
Francisco M. Acosta
Jairo H. Migueles
Ramiro Vilchez-Vargas
Alexander Link
Julio Plaza-Díaz
Angel Gil
Idoia Labayen
Jonatan R. Ruiz
Borja Martinez-Tellez
Higher physical activity levels are related to faecal microbiota diversity and composition in young adults
Biology of Sport
physical activity
gastrointestinal microbiome
shorts-chain fatty acids
obesity
activity monitor
title Higher physical activity levels are related to faecal microbiota diversity and composition in young adults
title_full Higher physical activity levels are related to faecal microbiota diversity and composition in young adults
title_fullStr Higher physical activity levels are related to faecal microbiota diversity and composition in young adults
title_full_unstemmed Higher physical activity levels are related to faecal microbiota diversity and composition in young adults
title_short Higher physical activity levels are related to faecal microbiota diversity and composition in young adults
title_sort higher physical activity levels are related to faecal microbiota diversity and composition in young adults
topic physical activity
gastrointestinal microbiome
shorts-chain fatty acids
obesity
activity monitor
url https://www.termedia.pl/Higher-physical-activity-levels-are-related-to-faecal-microbiota-r-ndiversity-and-composition-in-young-adults,78,54164,1,1.html
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