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Identification of Microplastics in Liver, Stomach, Blood, and Feces of Obese Patients and Their Association Analysis with Macrogenomics and Metabolomics.
Sponsor: First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Summary
The aim of this study was to identify and quantify microplastics in the stomach, liver, feces, and blood of obese patients to be treated with bariatric surgery by using a variety of advanced analytical techniques to explore the association between obesity and visceral microplastics, and to investigate the effects of microplastics on the visceral microbiota and metabolic profiles of obese patients by combining the macro-genomic and metabolomics approaches.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
20
Start Date
2024-12-01
Completion Date
2026-12-31
Last Updated
2025-02-14
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Measuring the microplastics
Measuring the type, nature, and abundance of microplastics in stomach, liver, feces, and blood
Locations (1)
The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, China