Gut microbiome composition in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos is shaped by geographic relocation, environmental factors, and obesity

Table 2 Relative abundance of fungal species (ITS1 classification) comparing HCHS/SOL participants by region of birth

	Country of birth
	Cuba	Dominican Republic	Puerto Rico	Mexico	South America	Central America	Mainland USA
Aspergillus proliferans, abundance	0.218	0.189	0.228	0.188	0.163	0.202	0.126
Ratio versus mainland USA	1.7	1.5	1.8	1.5	1.3	1.6
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, abundance	0.318	0.234	0.322	0.271	0.294	0.277	0.413
Ratio versus mainland USA	0.8	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7
Candida albicans, abundance	0.069	0.202	0.118	0.100	0.100	0.115	0.113
Ratio versus mainland USA	0.6	1.8	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.0
Candida sake, abundance	0.059	0.058	0.045	0.053	0.071	0.052	~ 0.001
Ratio versus mainland USA	70.2	69.4	53.7	63.3	84.3	61.8
Debaryomyces hansenii, abundance	0.034	0.027	0.014	0.039	0.023	0.029	0.048
Ratio versus mainland USA	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.6
Candida tropicalis, abundance	0.031	0.011	0.010	0.013	0.018	0.034	0.006
Ratio versus mainland USA	5.7	1.9	1.8	2.4	3.4	6.2
Wallemia muriae, abundance	0.049	0.043	0.052	0.044	0.038	0.042	0.066
Ratio versus mainland USA	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.6
Candida glabrata, abundance	0.027	0.012	0.036	0.020	0.016	0.013	< 0.001
Ratio versus mainland USA	78.4	35.0	107.0	59.6	46.5	39.1
Cyberlindnera jadinii, abundance	0.006	0.002	0.018	0.026	0.013	0.020	0.058
Ratio versus mainland USA	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.3
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, abundance	0.011	0.008	0.014	0.023	0.020	0.033	< 0.0001
Ratio versus mainland USA	1055.7	795.9	1378.5	2314.3	2047.8	3290.0

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