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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Food Sci. 2021 Jan 15;86(2):602–613. doi: 10.1111/1750-3841.15586

Table 4.

Relationships between specific genera in the maternal microbiota and plasma carotenoids.

Plasma Carotenoid1
AC BC TL CR ZL
Genus Slope2 p-value3 Slope p-value Slope p-value Slope p-value Slope p-value
Bacteroides −0.0307 0.801 −0.0145 0.710 0.0106 0.436 −0.00936 0.921 −0.00141 0.981
unclassified Lachnospiraceae 0.0395 0.739 0.0257 0.462 −0.00808 0.714 −0.00605 0.921 −0.00416 0.981
Faecalibacterium 0.0858 0.381 0.0252 0.467 0.00421 0.853 0.00319 0.921 −0.000468 0.981
Roseburia −0.0529 0.739 0.000409 1.000 0.0108 0.624 −0.0315 0.724 −0.00283 0.981
Blautia −0.0216 0.801 0.00734 1.000 −0.00167 0.923 −0.0343 0.724 −0.00619 0.981
Bifidobacterium −0.0512 0.739 −0.00264 1.000 −0.0106 0.798 −0.0408 0.724 0.0265 0.981
Subdoligranulum 0.0407 0.801 0.0252 0.894 0.0212 0.510 0.0519 0.724 0.0257 0.981
Alistipes 0.00259 0.957 −0.00631 1.000 −0.00144 0.923 0.0253 0.839 −0.000445 0.981
Parabacteroides −0.0618 0.739 −0.0260 0.467 0.00663 0.798 −0.00642 0.921 −0.00515 0.981
Lachnospiraceae_ge −0.0308 0.801 −0.000905 1.000 0.00520 0.798 −0.0272 0.773 −0.0112 0.981
Ruminococcaceae_UCG002 0.0500 0.801 0.0180 <0.001 −0.0164 <0.001 0.0281 0.921 −0.00254 0.548
Escherichia Shigella −0.0102 0.951 −0.0282 0.808 −0.0752 <0.01 0.0143 0.921 −0.0177 0.981
Akkermansia −0.01494 <0.001 −0.00137 0.462 −0.00149 <0.05 0.0015 0.724 0.0179 <0.001
Phascolarctobacterium 0.0138 <0.001 −0.00237 0.192 −0.00547 <0.001 0.0182 <0.001 0.0262 <0.001
Ruminococcus_2 −0.0130 0.951 −0.00303 1.000 0.0198 <0.001 −0.0203 0.921 0.0235 0.981
Prevotella_9 0.0586 0.924 −0.00259 1.000 −0.171 <0.001 −0.115 <0.001 −0.127 <0.001
1

Abbreviations: α-carotene (AC), β-carotene (BC), cryptoxanthin (CR), trans-lycopene (TL), zeaxanthin and lutein (ZL).

2

Values reported as slope of the negative binomial regression on the bacterial count data (e.g. For every 1 unit increase in Akkermansia count abundance, there is an expected 0.0148 log decrease of plasma AC).

3

All p-values adjusted using the Benjamini-Hochberg procedure.

4

Light gray shading underscores significant negative relations, whereas darker gray shading underscores significant positive relations.