Diet affects gut microbiota and modulates hospitalization risk differentially in an international cirrhosis cohort

The relative ranking of cirrhosis-related deaths differs between high-/middle-income countries. Gut microbiome is affected in cirrhosis and is related to diet. Our aim was to determine the effect of differing dietary habits on gut microbiota and clinical outcomes. Outpatient compensated/decompensated patients with cirrhosis and controls from Turkey and the United States underwent dietary and stool microbiota analysis. Patients with cirrhosis...