Research Article

Overall Structural Alteration of Gut Microbiota and Relationships with Risk Factors in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome Treated with Inulin Alone and with Other Agents: An Open-Label Pilot Study

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Relative abundance of bacterial taxa in the top 15 at phylum, family, and genus levels in patients with MetS treated with inulin, inulin+TCM, or inulin+metformin ( each) for 6 months. MetS: metabolic syndrome; TCM: traditional Chinese medicine.