TABLE 2.

Number of OTUs in the EEP and TP in each subject^a

Subject no. or group	Mean no. of OTUs (SD)		P valuea	No. of OTUs in TP vs adult phase (P value)b
	EEP	TP
1	93.88 ± 28.20	159.83 ± 27.57	<0.001	Significantly high (<0.001)
2	79.64 ± 33.67	107.74 ± 26.75	0.028	NS (0.261)
3	36.50 ± 9.66	102.87 ± 14.63	<0.001	Significantly low (0.003)
4	74.50 ± 33.11	120.44 ± 17.51	0.009	NS (0.436)
5	64.0 ± 24.08	121.25 ± 11.30	0.002	NS (0.289)
6	87.11 ± 22.11	148.09 ± 20.41	<0.001	Significantly high (<0.001)
7	91.88 ± 25.11	144.94 ± 17.81	<0.001	Significantly high (<0.001)
8	97.0 ± 7.81	136.67 ± 13.82	0.028	Significantly high (0.009)
Controlsc	43.25 ± 10.84	109.92 ± 20.50	0.001	NS (0.370)

^aSignificant differences were determined using a Mann-Whitney U test.

^bThe number of OTUs in adult samples is 115.12 ± 20.16. NS, not significant (Mann-Whitney U test).

^cCross-sectional samples.