@article{oai:hirosaki.repo.nii.ac.jp:00003793,
 author = {Watanabe, Kiyotaka and Takahashi, Ippei and Sawada, Kaori and Okubo, Noriyuki and Matsuzaka, Masashi and Akimoto, Naoki and Umeda, Takashi and Nakaji, Shigeyuki and Hisada, Takayoshi and Benno, Yoshimi},
 issue = {1},
 journal = {弘前医学},
 month = {Apr},
 note = {In recent years, Lactobacillales in gut microbiota have been suggested to be in association with obesity. The aim of this study was to investigate a relationship among obesity, serum cholesterol and gut microbiota in Japanese community inhabitants. Subjects included 613 inhabitants （249 males and 364 females）, who participated in the Iwaki Health Promotion Project in 2007. The gut mircofl ora extracted from faeces were investigated using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism （T-RFLP） method and allocated to 28 operational taxonomic units （OTUs）. Proportions of OUT332 （Lactobacillales） in gut microbiota were compared among strata of percentages of body fat and serum cholesterol after the subjects were stratifi ed by them. These comparisons were performed in the subjects who were 65 years old and <65 years old, respectively. 　In women who were 65 years old, proportions of OTU332 （Lactobacillales） in the lowest stratum of body fat, serum level of total and LDL cholesterol were the highest in their strata. A large proportion of Lactobacillales in gut microbiota might reduce absorption of cholesterol, leading to a decrease in body fat of them., 弘前医学. 65, 2014, p.12-20},
 pages = {12--20},
 title = {Possible Relationship between Percentage of Body Fat and Lactobacillales in Gut Microbiota : Results from a Community-based Study},
 volume = {65},
 year = {2014}
}