Table 2.
Subgroup analysis for relation between the number of fecal bifidobacteria in mothers and their neonates.
Subgroup | Bifidobacterium spp. | B. longum | |||||
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n | ρ | p | n | ρ | p | ||
Placebo-group | All infants | 25 | 0.19 | 0.37 | 25 | −0.22 | 0.25 |
Exclusively breastfed infants | 13 | 0.41 | 0.16 | 13 | 0.14 | 0.64 | |
FOS-group | All infants | 31 | −0.02 | 0.94 | 30 | 0.49 | 0.01 |
Exclusively breastfed infants | 16 | 0.15 | 0.56 | 16 | 0.40 | 0.17 |