Application of tongue image characteristics and oral-gut microbiota in predicting pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes with machine learning.

Journal: Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to characterize the oral and gut microbiota in prediabetes mellitus (Pre-DM) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients while exploring the association between tongue manifestations and the oral-gut microbiota axis in diabetes progression.

Authors

  • Jialin Deng
    Department of College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
  • Shixuan Dai
    Department of College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
  • Shi Liu
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
  • Liping Tu
    Basic Medical College, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Pudong, China.
  • Ji Cui
    Basic Medical College, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Pudong, China.
  • Xiaojuan Hu
    Shanghai Innovation Center of TCM Health Service, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Pudong, China.
  • Xipeng Qiu
    School of Computer Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
  • Tao Jiang
    Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Respiratory Medicine, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, and International School of Medicine, International Institutes of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Yiwu, China.
  • Jiatuo Xu
    Basic Medical College, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Pudong, China.