Dietary Supplementation with Inulin Modulates the Gut Microbiota and Improves Insulin Sensitivity in Prediabetes

Table 2

Alpha-diversity before and after inulin supplementation.

	M0	M3	M6	P1	P2
ACE	238.61 ± 66.10	224.12 ± 58.49	220.59 ± 60.21	0.20	0.04
Chao1	243.13 ± 67.43	227.69 ± 60.65	227.05 ± 58.49	0.16	0.08
Shannon	4.89 ± 0.80	4.64 ± 0.77	4.67 ± 0.69	0.10	0.04
Simpson	0.92 ± 0.05	0.90 ± 0.05	0.91 ± 0.05	0.16	0.47

Data are presented as mean ± SD. P1 : M0 vs. M3; P2 : M0 vs. M6. is highlighted in bold. M0, baseline; M3, at three months after inulin intervention; M6, at six months after inulin intervention.