Table 2. Effect of secretor status on children’s unweighted and weighted UniFrac distances.
Unweighted UniFrac | Weighted UniFrac | ||||
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Sample size (secretor) | R2 | p | R2 | p | |
Child Secretor Status | 28 (20 S) | 0.069 | 0.030 | 0.023 | 0.699 |
Mother’s Secretor Status | 17 (11 S) | 0.071 | 0.256 | 0.104 | 0.111 |
Mother’s Secretor Status—ABF | 14(10 S) | 0.111 | 0.102 | 0.116 | 0.138 |
Mother’s Secretor Status–EBF | 11 (8 S) | 0.167 | 0.028 | 0.159 | 0.081 |
Results of Adonis analysis (total sample size (number of secretors), R2 and p value) of association of unweighted and weighted UniFrac distances with child secretor status, mother secretor status, mother secretor status—ABF (Any Breast-Feeding) subgroup, with the 2 formula-fed children excluded, and mother secretor status—EBF (Exclusively Breast-Fed) sub-group, containing only children who had been exclusively breast-fed for at least 4 months.