Use of a Food Frequency Questionnaire for the Estimation of Gut Microbiota Composition Based on Dietary Patterns and Its Association with Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms in the Lebanese Adult Population: A Cross-Sectional Study

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Extracted factors (diets)</td><td class="align_center">EPGM</td><td class="align_center">EGGM</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Factor 1 (Mediterranean diet)</td><td class="align_center">−0.21791</td><td class="align_center">0.36923</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Factor 2 (Prudent diet)</td><td class="align_center">0.56508</td><td class="align_center">−0.9575</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Factor 3 (Western diet)</td><td class="align_center">0.19592</td><td class="align_center">−0.33198</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>EPGM: estimated poor microbiota composition; EGGM: estimated good microbiota composition.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Identified clusters of estimated good (<i>n</i> = 144) or poor (<i>n</i> = 244) gut microbiota composition.</div>

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Table 4: Use of a Food Frequency Questionnaire for the Estimation of Gut Microbiota Composition Based on Dietary Patterns and Its Association with Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms in the Lebanese Adult Population: A Cross-Sectional Study 

Table 4 | Use of a Food Frequency Questionnaire for the Estimation of Gut Microbiota Composition Based on Dietary Patterns and Its Association with Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms in the Lebanese Adult Population: A Cross-Sectional Study 