Table 1 Participant characteristics of treatment groups in the inflammation cohort

From: Colonization by B. infantis EVC001 modulates enteric inflammation in exclusively breastfed infants

 

Controls

EVC001

P value

Treatment

20

20

 

Home births

1

2

0.595

Hours in labor

18.11 (24.3)

10.94 (9.93)

0.574

Cesarean births

8

3

0.160

Antibiotics during labor

8

7

0.213

Gestation (weeks)

39.76 (1.13)

39.51 (1.13)

0.491

Females

11

11

0.752

Baby birth weight (g)

3555.74 (723.58)

3411.23 (338.65)

0.930

Baby discharged weight (g)

3324.65 (675.18)

3209.33 (379.47)

0.912

Baby birth length (cm)

50.54 (3.37)

50.31 (2.09)

0.724

Baby received antibiotics

1

0

1

Baby birth medical complications

3

0

0.232

Consumed infant formula before discharge

1

0

1

Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI calculated

23.538 (3.53)

25.610 (3.45)

0.059

Maternal pregnancy weight gain (kg)

15.33 (5.07)

13.940 (5.86)

0.66

Maternal GBS test positive

5

6

0.724

Primaparous

17

7

0.006

Maternal age

30.9 (3.42)

34.7 (3.97)

0.004

  1. BMI body mass index, GBS group B Streptococcus
  2. Statistically significant values are in bold P < 0.05