Table 1 Demographics
From: Impact of donor human milk pasteurization methods on the gut microbiome of preterm infants
Retort (n = 80) | Holder (n = 54) | MOM (n = 16) | P-value Retort vs Holder | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gestational age, weeks | 28.70 ± 2.91 | 28.37 ± 2.93 | 26.46 ± 2.09 | 0.530 | 0.020 |
Birth weight, kg | 1.20 ± 0.42 | 1.10 ± 0.38 | 0.86 ± 0.20 | 0.160 | 0.010 |
Age (weeks), mean (range) | 4.01 (0–14) | 3.94 (0–12) | 5.44 (2–13) | 0.900 | 0.210 |
Antibiotic exposure within 4 weeks of stool collection, n (%) | 65 (81.3) | 41 (75.93) | 3 (18.75) | 0.598 | <0.001 |
Mode of delivery, n (%) | 0.033 | 0.068 | |||
Cesarean section | 66 (82.5) | 35 (64.8) | 13 (81.2) | ||
Vaginal delivery | 14 (17.5) | 19 (35.2) | 3 (18.8) | ||
Sex, n (%) | 0.374 | 0.295 | |||
Female | 34 (42.5) | 28 (51.9) | 5 (31.2) | ||
Male | 46 (57.5) | 26 (48.1) | 11 (68.8) | ||
Race, n (%) | 0.926 | 0.895 | |||
White | 45 (56.2) | 30 (55.6) | 11 (68.8) | ||
Black | 24 (30.0) | 17 (31.5) | 3 (18.8) | ||
Hispanic | 8 (10.0) | 4 (7.4) | 1(6.2) | ||
Asian | 2 (2.5) | 1 (1.9) | 1 (6.2) | ||
Unknown | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) |
