Human stool Metagenome. human gut metagenome

Obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are major public health concerns worldwide, and their prevalence has only increased in recent years. Mexican Americans are disproportionately afflicted by obesity and T2D, and rates are even higher in the United States – Mexico border region. To determine the factors associated with the increased risk of T2D, obesity and other diseases in this population, the Cameron County Hispanic Cohort was established in 2004. This sequence dataset consists of V1-V3 16S reads from stool samples of a subset of 63 subjects from this unique cohort.