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This is an interesting study, but it’s far from the conclusive answer to the question of how the gut microbiome relates to neurological conditions. Given the h
by lthornberry 5y ago
This is an interesting study, but it’s far from the conclusive answer to the question of how the gut microbiome relates to neurological conditions. Given the heterogeneity and complex etiology of autism, a study of this size is not sufficiently powered to pick up all plausible correlations. If there is a causative connection between the microbiome and autism, it’s likely only true of a subset (perhaps a small one) of autistic people.
- kennywinker 5y agoI’d be shocked if the researchers doing this study didn’t slice up the study participants by various traits and look for correlations. I.e. find the similar individuals (wrt gut microbiome) and group them, then check for shared traits (wrt asd). > it’s far from the conclusive answer Idk it feels conclusive to me. The variance in asd gut microbiome is much more than the variance between asd and non asd gut microbiomes. Whatever we call autism is not “caused” by your microbiome. If there is a single trait or “variant” of asd that IS caused by gut biome that doesn’t actually change the truth of the first conclusion.