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Table 2 Feeding habits and demographic factors affecting the relative abundance of microbial groups

From: Evaluation of stool microbiota signatures in two cohorts of Asian (Singapore and Indonesia) newborns at risk of atopy

 

Bacteria groups

Mean differences (95% CI)

p value

Total breastfeeding: Yes versus No

Lactobacilli - Enterococci

5.236 (1.044 - 9.428)

0.015

Weaning age

Clostridium leptum

-0.827 (-1.5934 - -0.0602)

0.035

Sibling number

Bifidobacterium

Enterobacteriaceae

3.873 (0.112 -7.634)

-0.526 (-0.8725 - -0.1801)

0.044

0.004

  1. Linear mixed model analysis adjusted with confounding factors (Location, mode of delivery, weaning age, sibling number, total breastfeeding up to 6 month, eczema and prenatal antibiotics). Only bacteria groups with statistically significant differences are listed.