• Measurements of metabolic health can be used to evaluate the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
• Researchers in China have also shown that metabolic health can be characterized by the presence and abundance of certain microbes in the gut microbiome.
• Age is also associated with certain characteristics of the microbiome and people with microbiomes associated with younger metrics were less likely to experience cardiovascular disease.
• These findings were verified across Chinese, European and American cohorts.

Written by Hannah Flynn on June 15, 2024 — Fact checked by Jill Seladi-Schulman, Ph.D.

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