As the associations between the gut microbiota and numerous health outcomes become more evident, it is important to conduct longitudinal microbiome research to advance the field beyond the identification of associations. It is also necessary to include individuals who have historically been underrepresented in biomedical research in longitudinal microbiome studies to better understand and eliminate racial/ethnic health disparities. This paper describes our experiences in recruiting and retaining participants for an ongoing, longitudinal microbiome study for which the main results will be reported at a later time. This article provides preliminary evidence of the feasibility of recruiting and retaining a racially diverse sample of females (97% completion for invited participants) for longitudinal microbiome research.

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招募和留住黑人和白人女性为纵向研究提供粪便样本的初步可行性。

随着肠道微生物群与众多健康结果之间的关联变得更加明显，进行纵向微生物组研究以推动该领域超越关联识别是很重要的。还必须在纵向微生物组研究中纳入历来在生物医学研究中代表性不足的个人，以更好地了解和消除种族/民族健康差异。本文描述了我们为正在进行的纵向微生物组研究招募和留住参与者的经验，主要结果将在稍后报告。本文提供了为纵向微生物组研究招募和保留不同种族的女性样本（受邀参与者完成率 97%）的可行性的初步证据。