Table 7. Faecal microbiota of breast-fed infants with different HLA-DQ genotype at 4 months of age analysed by qPCR.
| 2p-value | |||||||||
| High risk | Intermediate risk | Low risk | High- | Intermediate- | High- | ||||
| n = 11 | n = 39 | n = 21 | Intermediate | Low | Low | ||||
| 1Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Risk | Risk | Risk | |
| Bacteroides fragilis group | 4.47 | 1.93 | 4.77 | 1.77 | 4.51 | 1.67 | 0.636 | 0.640 | 0.956 |
| Staphylococcus spp. | 4.52 | 0.33 | 5.42 | 0.90 | 4.27 | 0.51 | 0.102 | 0.041 | 0.712 |
| C. coccoides - E. rectale group | 5.81 | 1.84 | 5.47 | 1.35 | 5.45 | 1.09 | 0.485 | 0.969 | 0.502 |
| C. leptum group | 5.70 | 1.28 | 4.90 | 1.09 | 4.08 | 0.76 | 0.075 | 0.020* | 0.002* |
| Lactobacillus group | 6.51 | 1.00 | 6.92 | 0.90 | 6.96 | 0.88 | 0.190 | 0.876 | 0.188 |
| E. coli | 6.15 | 1.46 | 6.43 | 1.90 | 6.32 | 1.71 | 0.662 | 0.832 | 0.814 |
| Bifidobacterium spp. | 7.23 | 1.22 | 6.80 | 1.32 | 7.33 | 1.29 | 0.347 | 0.156 | 0.833 |
| B. longum | 6.54 | 1.38 | 6.25 | 1.29 | 6.37 | 1.32 | 0.532 | 0.741 | 0.740 |
| B. breve | 6.46 | 2.48 | 5.95 | 1.71 | 6.14 | 1.65 | 0.508 | 0.691 | 0.691 |
| B. bifidum | 5.41 | 1.31 | 4.95 | 1.38 | 4.96 | 1.24 | 0.335 | 0.971 | 0.384 |
| B. adolescentis | 6.68 | 1.83 | 4.71 | 0.55 | 6.70 | 0.94 | 0.015 | 0.006 | 0.975 |
| B. catenulatum | 5.49 | 1.60 | 5.07 | 1.76 | 5.38 | 0.93 | 0.591 | 0.598 | 0.897 |
| B. angulatum | 4.46 | 1.15 | 4.33 | 0.69 | 4.30 | - | - | - | - |
| B. infantis | 4.92 | - | 6.54 | 1.77 | 6.89 | 1.88 | - | - | - |
| B. lactis | 4.09 | 0.23 | 4.12 | 0.85 | 4.00 | 0.66 | 0.953 | 0.819 | 0.883 |
| B. dentium | 4.29 | - | 4.14 | 0.66 | - | - | - | - | - |
1
Data are expressed as mean and standard deviation of log cells/g faeces.
2
Statistical significant differences were calculated using ANOVA and post hoc LSD test. Significant differences were established at p<0.050.