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Fig. 3 | Microbiome

Fig. 3

From: The Inuit gut microbiome is dynamic over time and shaped by traditional foods

Fig. 3

Variation in diet explains differences in microbial community structure between Montréal and Nunavut. a Bar chart showing the mean frequency (number of times eaten per participant ± standard deviation) of each food category over the 2 days preceding sampling. "Refined" refers to refined sugars, "Fruits and" refers to fruits and vegetables, and "Sweetened" refers to sweetened drinks. b Canonical redundancy analysis (RDA) of Unweigthed UniFrac distances calculated between all toilet paper samples from Montréal and Nunavut, with food groups as explanatory variables (adjusted R 2 = 0.11, p = 0.001). Each point represents a single sample. All time points from all participants are included

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