METHOD FOR PREDICTING ABDOMINAL OBESITY

摘要

The present invention relates to a method, in particular an in vitro method, for predicting a risk of onset of abdominal obesity in a subject, which method comprises the steps of: a1) measuring the concentration of bacterial 16S rDNA in a biological sample of said subject; and b) based on the result of the measurement in step a1), determining a risk of onset of abdominal obesity in the subject.