Diet Affects Gut Microbiota and Modulates Hospitalization Risk Differentially In an International Cirrhosis Cohort

Conclusions: In this study of cirrhotic patients and healthy controls from USA and Turkey, a diet rich in fermented milk, vegetables, cereals, coffee and tea, is associated with a higher microbial diversity. Microbial diversity was associated with an independently lower risk of 90‐day hospitalizations. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Hepatology - January 19, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Jasmohan S Bajaj, Ramazan Idilman, Leila Mabudian, Matthew Hood, Andrew Fagan, Dilara Turan, Melanie B White, Fatih Karakaya, Jessica Wang, Reng ül Atalay, Phillip B Hylemon, Edith A Gavis, Robert Brown, Leroy R Thacker, Chathur Acharya, Douglas M Heuman Tags: Liver Failure, Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension Source Type: research