Table 2.
Characteristics of the FMT donors.
FMT donor Group | Antibiotics users |
Controls |
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Patient ID | hABX1 | hABX2 | hABX3 | hABX4 | hCTRL1 | hCTRL2 | hCTRL3 | hCTRL4 | p |
Gender |
Male |
Female |
Female |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Female |
Female |
1i |
Age at sampling | 30 | 51 | 30 | 52 | 39 | 51 | 31 | 59 | 0.56ii |
BMI | 21.06 | 24.69 | 23.14 | 24.94 | 24.49 | 18.83 | 23.03 | 23.04 | 0.34ii |
Stool type (BSS) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | NA |
Antibiotics courses (last 5 y before sampling)* | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02i |
Diet | Omnivore | Omnivore | Omnivore | Omnivore | Omnivore | Omnivore | Omnivore | Omnivore | p > 0.05i |
*- Controls had not taken antibiotics in the last 10 years. See the list of preceding exclusion criteria for donor selection in Methods and Supplementary Tables S1 and S2. BMI – body mass index, BSS – Bristol stool scale.
i- p-values based on Fisher’s exact test. ii - p-values based on the Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test. Diet was compared using the top three Principal Components which described the most variability in the Food Frequency Questionnaire.