Table 2 Associations detected in multiple linear regressions for children’s gut microbiotas’ Firmicutes-to-Bacteroidetes ratio and α-diversity.

From: Child Weight Gain Trajectories Linked To Oral Microbiota Composition

Response

Covariate

Coefficient estimate

T-value*

P-value

Adjusted R-squared

Gut F:B ratio

vegetables

15.0

6.21

5.08 × 10−9

 

meats

−18.8

−3.28

1.28 × 10−3

 

Overall model

   

9.45 × 10−9

20.79%

Gut α-diversity

vegetables

−0.0769

−3.22

1.57 × 10−3

 

fruit

0.0543

2.63

9.52 × 10−3

 

Overall model

   

3.76 × 10−3

5.94%

  1. Each multiple regression comprised 17 potential covariates, but only diet-related ones were retained by variable selection procedures. Coefficient estimates and significance (p-values) are shown, together with overall model significance and R-squared, for the regressions restricted to the selected diet-related covariates.
  2. *Test statistic of a null hypothesis that a covariate’s coefficient is equal to zero.
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