Figure 5: SCFA levels and dietary fibre intake in pregnant women, and respiratory symptoms in their offspring. | Nature Communications

Figure 5: SCFA levels and dietary fibre intake in pregnant women, and respiratory symptoms in their offspring.

From: Evidence that asthma is a developmental origin disease influenced by maternal diet and bacterial metabolites

Figure 5

(a) Serum was collected from pregnant women (during late phase pregnancy) and SCFA levels determined by 1H-NMR spectroscopy. Dietary fibre was calculated from a 24 h food recall at the same time as serum collection; n=61, Spearman rank correlation. (b) Serum was collected from pregnant women (during late phase pregnancy) and SCFA levels determined by 1H-NMR spectroscopy. Percentage of offspring (infants) with ≥2 general practitioner (GP) visits for cough/wheeze and with parent-reported wheeze in the first 12 months was recorded. Solid bars represent mothers with SCFA <median (acetate=0.05315, mM, propionate=0.03083, mM, butyrate=0.03385, mM) open bars represent mothers with SCFA ≥median, n=40, *P<0.05, χ2-test.

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