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Distinct Gut Microbiome Signatures in Ethnically Diverse Populations within a Shared Urban Asian Geography

2026-02-09 public and global health Title + abstract only
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The gut microbiome composition varies across human populations, but its characteristics and determinants in a multi-ethnic setting remain incompletely understood. Singapore, a multicultural city-state, provides a context in which culturally diverse groups share a broadly similar built environment. Using the Health for Life in Singapore (HELIOS) cohort, we profiled the gut microbiome of ethnic Chinese, Indian, and Malay participants (n=861) who resided in the country. Despite substantial overlap ...

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