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. 2014 Mar 27;54(1):89–99. doi: 10.1007/s00394-014-0689-9

Table 4.

Intestinal microbiota counts in faecal samples of infants (log₁₀ CFU/g)

	Control group		GOS group		P value^a
	Enrolment	4 months	Enrolment	4 months	P value^a
Bifidobacterium spp	8.22 ± 1.53	8.02 ± 1.66	7.78 ± 1.78	8.65 ± 1.31	Δ_I = 0.010
Lactobacillus spp	6.72 ± 0.70	6.87 ± 0.61	6.62 ± 0.75	7.11 ± 0.89	Δ_I = 0.151
Bacteroides spp	6.39 ± 2.27	6.83 ± 2.17	6.07 ± 2,10	7.12 ± 2.04	Δ_I = 0.187
Clostridium difficile	4.45 ± 1.43	5.64 ± 1.34	5.10 ± 0.84	5.79 ± 0.91	Δ_I = 0.065

Results are expressed as the mean ± SD

^aDifferences between the change from enrolment to month 4 (Δ_I) of both feeding groups tested with a unpaired Student’s t test