Generally-healthy individuals with aberrant bowel movement frequencies show enrichment for microbially-derived blood metabolites associated with reduced kidney function.
Johannes P. Johnson-Martínez, Christian Diener, Anne E. Levine, Tomasz Maciej Wilmanski, David L. Suskind, Alexandra Ralevski, Jennifer Hadlock, Andrew T. Magis, Leroy Hood, Noa Rappaport, Sean M. Gibbons
The paper examines the link between bowel movement frequency and blood metabolites in healthy individuals, finding associations with kidney function and chronic disease risk.
bioRxiv · Mar 4, 2023 · PreprintSystems Biology