Tieppo Antonio Martins, Tieppo Júlia Silva, Rivetti Luiz Antonio
Rehabilitation Service, School of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo 01221-020, Brazil.
Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-903, Brazil.
Curr Issues Mol Biol. 2024 Jul 12;46(7):7339-7352. doi: 10.3390/cimb46070435.
Low back pain is a health problem that represents the greatest cause of years lived with disability. This research seeks to evaluate the bacterial composition of the intestinal microbiota of two similar groups: one with chronic low back pain (PG) and the control group (CG). Clinical data from 73 participants and bacterial genome sequencing data from stool samples were analyzed. There were 40 individuals in PG and 33 in CG, aged between 20 and 50 years and with a body mass index of up to 30 kg/m. Thus, the intragroup alpha diversity and intergroup beta diversity were analyzed. The significant results ( < 0.05) showed greater species richness in PG compared to CG. Additionally, a greater abundance of the species in PG was found along with 52 species with significantly different average relative abundances between groups (adjusted < 0.05), with 36 more abundant species in PG and 16 in CG. We are the first to unveil significant differences in the composition of the intestinal bacterial microbiota of individuals with chronic low back pain who are non-elderly, non-obese and without any other serious chronic diseases. It could be a reference for a possible intestinal bacterial microbiota signature in chronic low back pain.
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