Gut Microbiota Composition in Ischemic Colitis Patients and Healthy Controls

A comparative analysis of gut microbiota in 18 individuals with ischemic colitis and 11 healthy controls, published by Rui Feng on figshare in April 2026. The dataset likely contains results assessing microbial diversity and abundance at phylum and genus levels. Analysis includes beta diversity, analysis of similarities, and linear discriminant analysis effect size results.

Use Cases

• Compare microbial diversity and abundance between patient and control groups based on phylum and genus-level data.
• Identify differentially enriched taxa associated with ischemic colitis based on the linear discriminant analysis effect size results.
• Analyze community structure differences using beta diversity metrics mentioned in the description.
• Investigate potential pathogenic taxa shifts, such as enrichment of Proteobacteria, Bacteroides, Halomonas, and Escherichia-Shigella.

Strengths

• Includes specific participant counts: 18 ischemic colitis patients and 11 healthy controls.
• Provides analysis results at multiple taxonomic levels (phylum and genus) and includes statistical metrics (r=0.223, p=0.002).
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 2.4 KB, indicating limited scope.
• The observational, cross-sectional study design, noted in the description, prevents establishing causal relationships.

Provenance

Source

Rui Feng via figshare.

Collection Method

Comparative analysis of gut microbiota from patient and control groups.

Time Range

The study period is not specified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 05:57:47; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Geographic coverage of the study population is not specified.