Trimethylamine N-oxide variation in humans: the product of a diet-microbiota interaction?

Curtis Tilves¹, Noel T Mueller^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
² Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Editorial

Curtis Tilves et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 1;113(6):1400-1401.

doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab108.

Curtis Tilves¹, Noel T Mueller^{1

2}

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
² Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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