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. 2015 Sep 2;10(9):e0137347. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137347

Table 1. Mother-neonate clinical features and sample numbers and analysis types at each time point.

Clinical features
Gestational age (weeks) 39.00 (37.571–41.571)
Delivery modality
Vaginal (%) 6 (19.5%)
Cesarean section (%) 25 (80.6%)
Infant features
Infant gender (male:female) 20:11
Head circumference (cm) 35 (32–37.5)
BMI (Kg/m2) 1 12.59 (11.6–15.53)
APGAR 2 9 (7–10)
Sample features
Time course Collected samples Analyzed by genomics Nr. (%) Analyzed by metabolomics Nr. (%) Analyzed by integrated omics Nr. (%)
Time course sampling
Days Nr. (%) FM BM fM MM 9 (13.0%) 17 (24.3%) 7 (15.6)
Day 1 31 (25.2%) 31 0 0 0
Day 2 30 (24.4%) 30 0 0 0 8 (11.6%) 17 (24.3%) 7 (15.6)
Day 3 28 (22.8%) 28 0 0 0 23 (33.3%) 15 (21.4%) 13 (28.9)
Day 7 15 (12.2%) 0 13 1 1 11 (16.0%) 9 (12.9%) 6 (13.3)
Day 15 10 (8.1%) 0 8 1 1 9 (13.0%) 6 (8.6%) 6 (13.3)
Day 30 9 (7.3%) 0 5 2 2 9 (13.0%) 6 (8.6%) 6 (13.3)
Total 123 69 70 45
Feeding modality 3
FM 89 (72.3%) 40 (58.0%) 47 (67.1%) 27 (60%)
BM 26 (21.1%) 22 (31.9%) 16 (22.9%) 14 (31.2%)
fM 4 (3.3%) 3 (4.3%) 5 (7.1%) 2 (4.4%)
MM 4 (3.3%) 4 (5.8%) 2 (2.9%) 2 (4.4%)
Total 123 69 70 45

Data are shown as median and interquartile range or percentage.

1BMI, body mass index

2APGAR, appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration

3FM, first- milk. or colostrum; BM, breast-milk; fM, formula-milk; MM, mixed-milk, BM plus fM.