Table 3.
Taxonomic families determined to be significantly different among milk consumption type groups.
| Taxonomic family | BB (n = 14) Mean (SD) |
BP (n = 20) Mean (SD) |
TF (n = 30) Mean (SD) |
ASF (n = 27) Mean (SD) |
P-value | Pairwise Group Differences Mean Difference |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BP-BB | BB-TF | BP-TF | ASF-BB | ASF-BP | ASF-TF | ||||||
| Ruminococcaceae{unclassified} | 0.23 (0.61) | 0.77 (1.2) | 2.1 (1.1) | 2.4 (1) | 2.8 x 10−8 | 0.82 | 2.2**** | 1.3*** | 2.3**** | 1.5**** | 0.17 |
| Lachnospiraceae | 2 (1) | 2.5 (1) | 2.9 (0.6) | 3.2 (0.45) | 2.5 x 10−5 | 0.66* | 0.89** | 0.23 | 1.2**** | 0.58* | 0.34 |
| Peptostreptococcaceae | 0.56 (0.69) | 0.91 (1) | 1.3 (0.64) | 1.6 (0.51) | 1.7 x 10−4 | 0.15 | 0.72* | 0.57* | 0.95*** | 0.8** | 0.23 |
| Enterobacteriaceae | 3.7 (0.53) | 3.3 (0.74) | 3.2 (0.44) | 3 (0.65) | 2.6 x 10−3 | −0.52* | −0.59** | −0.07 | −0.71*** | −0.19 | −0.12 |
| Bifidobacteriaceae | 3.7 (0.63) | 3.6 (0.6) | 3.2 (0.81) | 2.8 (1.1) | 2.9 x 10−3 | −0.22 | −0.71 | −0.49 | −1.1** | −0.83* | −0.34 |
| Lactobacillaceae | 0.99 (0.8) | 1.4 (0.83) | 0.45 (0.65) | 0.6 (0.7) | 3.5 x 10−3 | 0.33 | −0.65* | −0.99*** | −0.47 | −0.8** | 0.19 |
| Acidaminococcaceae | 0.17 (0.64) | 0.19 (0.61) | 0.23 (0.67) | 0.97 (1.4) | 5.0 x 10−3 | 0.22 | 0.26 | 0.04 | 0.97* | 0.75* | 0.71* |
| Erysipelotrichaceae | 0.62 (1) | 0.63 (0.91) | 1.3 (0.9) | 1.6 (0.7) | 7.3 x 10−3 | 0.074 | 0.81* | 0.74* | 0.95* | 0.88* | 0.14 |
| Micrococcaceae | 0.66 (0.72) | 0.34 (0.62) | 0.27 (0.58) | 0.12 (0.36) | 0.015 | −0.39 | −0.57** | −0.19 | −0.59** | −0.2 | −0.012 |
| Atopobiaceae | 0.67 (0.94) | 0.3 (0.74) | 0.16 (0.5) | 0.25 (0.63) | 0.028 | −0.61* | −0.62* | −0.00085 | −0.47 | 0.14 | 0.15 |
| Coriobacteriaceae | 0.55 (0.93) | 0.57 (0.91) | 1.3 (1) | 0.81 (0.91) | 0.036 | −0.041 | 0.79 | 0.83* | 0.22 | 0.26 | −0.57 |
* = P < 0.05; ** = P < 0.01; *** = P < 0.001; **** = P < 0.0001
BB = Human milk directly from breast only (No formula)
BP = Human milk from a bottle (No formula)
TF = Traditional Formula
ASF = Lactose-reduced formula with added corn syrup solids
SD = Standard Deviation