Social and economic hardships in childhood may alter gut bacteria in Hispanic adults

“Just finding an association with gut bacteria composition does not mean it will have impacts on health,” said Noel Mueller, a visiting associate professor, [Section of Nutrition] in the department of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and department of epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health in Aurora. “The next step is to home in on these species and see whether or not they have links with cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases that have been linked to socioeconomic disadvantage.”