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

Table 4. Bray–Curtis dissimilarity between Visit 1 and Visit 2, according to socioeconomic status and antibiotic exposures for vaginal, oral, and gut body sites.

Body site/exposure Univariate association Multivariateassociation1 Multivariateassociation2
Coefficent p-value Coefficent p-value Coefficent p-value
VAGINAL
Level of EducationA 0.046 0.41 0.022 0.72 0.015 0.81
Prenatal InsuranceB 0.125 0.06 0.101 0.17 0.094 0.21
Marital/Cohabiting 0.080 0.15 0.070 0.23 0.065 0.27
Antibiotics prior to Visit 1 0.054 0.41 0.050 0.74 N/A N/A
Antibiotics between Visit 1 and 2 0.056 0.37 0.051 0.41 N/A N/A
ORAL
Level of EducationA 0.068 0.01 0.077 0.015 0.060 0.05
Prenatal InsuranceB 0.027 0.42 0.020 0.58 0.010 0.79
Marital/CohabitingC 0.030 0.35 0.029 0.32 0.019 0.52
Antibiotics prior to Visit 1 0.012 0.73 0.008 0.82 N/A N/A
Antibiotics between Visit 1 and 2 0.083 0.006 0.083 0.008 N/A N/A
GUT
Level of EducationA 0.098 0.03 0.078 0.15 0.058 0.28
Prenatal InsuranceB 0.079 0.12 0.038 0.51 0.020 0.73
Marital/CohabitingC 0.140 0.001 0.130 0.004 0.11 0.02
Antibiotics prior to Visit 1 0.031 0.53 0.022 0.66 N/A N/A
Antibiotics between Visit 1 and 2 0.120 0.009 0.110 0.021 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.