Fig 2. Composition of the bacterial microbiome of growth faltering in Environmental Enteric Dysfunction.

A) Relative abundance of bacterial phyla in stools of children with moderate and severe EED within each growth velocity group (adequate growth velocity: ΔHAZ >0, moderate growth velocity: ΔHAZ ≤0 and ≥ -0.3, poor growth velocity ΔHAZ < -0.3) prior to the growth period. B) Bacterial richness over age. Linear regression, R² value and 95% confidence intervals are shown. C) Bacterial richness of stool samples obtained at the beginning of a growth interval. Statistical significance assessed by Kruskal-Wallis. D) Shannon diversity of stool samples obtained at the beginning of a growth interval. Statistical significance assessed by Kruskal-Wallis. E) PCoA plot of weighted UniFrac distances. Statistical significance assessed by ADONIS.