10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3609869_D7.v1 Mehrbod Estaki Mehrbod Estaki Jason Pither Jason Pither Peter Baumeister Peter Baumeister Jonathan Little Jonathan Little Sandeep Gill Sandeep Gill Sanjoy Ghosh Sanjoy Ghosh Zahra Ahmadi-Vand Zahra Ahmadi-Vand Katelyn Marsden Katelyn Marsden Deanna Gibson Deanna Gibson Additional file 4: of Cardiorespiratory fitness as a predictor of intestinal microbial diversity and distinct metagenomic functions Springer Nature 2016 Intestinal microbiota Microbial ecology Physical activity Exercise Butyrate Community diversity Metagenome Dysbiosis 2016-08-08 05:00:00 Figure https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/figure/Additional_file_4_of_Cardiorespiratory_fitness_as_a_predictor_of_intestinal_microbial_diversity_and_distinct_metagenomic_functions/4358966 Predictor variables included in the RDA models. A manual pre-screening of dietary variables based on existing literature and categories of interest was initially carried. Next, a combination of “both” forward and backward stepwise inclusion selection method using vegan’s ordistep function was used on the remaining 23 variables plus VO2peak, Sex, BMI, and Age. (TIF 240 kb)