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. 2019 Nov 21;7:e8004. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8004

Table 2. Change in Shannon diversity, according to socioeconomic status and antibiotic exposure.

Body site/exposure Univariateassociation Multivariate association1 Multivariate association2
Coefficent p-value Coefficent p-value Coefficent p-value
VAGINAL
Level of EducationA 0.48 0.02 0.50 0.03 0.55 0.02
Prenatal InsuranceB 0.25 0.31 0.19 0.51 0.26 0.43
Marital/CohabitingC 0.10 0.61 0.05 0.81 0.08 0.71
Antibiotics prior to Visit 1 −0.14 0.57 −0.16 0.52 N/A N/A
Antibiotics between Visit 1 & 2 −0.17 0.46 −0.19 0.41 N/A N/A
ORAL
Level of EducationA 0.03 0.77 −0.01 0.94 0.001 0.99
Prenatal InsuranceB −0.13 0.34 −0.20 0.19 −0.19 0.21
Marital/CohabitingC 0.08 0.49 0.05 0.66 0.06 0.75
Antibiotics prior to Visit 1 0.07 0.62 0.05 0.75 N/A N/A
Antibiotics between Visit 1 & 2 −0.03 0.84 −0.05 0.73 N/A N/A
GUT
Level of Education 0.07 0.63 0.05 0.74 0.05 0.78
Prenatal Insurance −0.03 0.84 −0.09 0.61 −0.10 0.58
Marital/Cohabiting 0.03 0.80 0.07 0.60 0.08 0.60
Antibiotics prior to Visit 1 0.12 0.42 0.13 0.40 N/A N/A
Antibiotics between Visit 1 & 2 −0.02 0.90 0.01 0.98 N/A N/A

Notes.

1

Model controlling for age, any previous term birth, any previous preterm birth, weeks between sampling.

2

Model controlling for age, any previous term birth, any previous preterm birth, weeks between sampling, and antibiotics.

A

Education coded as 1 for high school or lower, 0 for some college or higher.

B

Prenatal insurance coded as 1 for Medicaid, 0 for Private.

C

Marital/Co-habiting coded as 1 for Single or Not cohabiting, 0 for Married or Cohabiting.

The bold styling indicates a p-value that is statistically significant at α < 0.05.