BMC Microbiology

Table 3 Prevalence of the major PCA determinants stratified by area of residence

From: Comprehensive analysis of the fecal microbiota of healthy Japanese adults reveals a new bacterial lineage associated with a phenotype characterized by a high frequency of bowel movements and a lean body type

Bacterial family	Prevalence (%)
Bacterial family	Whole (n = 516)	Hokkaido (n = 38)	Tohoku (n = 40)	Kanto (n = 193)	Chubu (n = 49)	Kansai (n = 49)	Chugoku Shikoku (n = 48)	Kyushu (n = 99)
Bacteroidaceae	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Lachnospiraceae	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Prevotellaceae	73.3	76.3	67.5	74.1	69.4	65.3	77.1	76.8
Ruminococcaceae	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Significance was calculated among area of residences
In each row, scores without superscripts were not significantly different (P ≥ 0.05) from each other

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