Table 1.

Summary of two-sided Spearman’s correlations between Bacteroidaceae and Enterobacteriaceae log-adjusted relative abundance in 16S rRNA sequencing datasets, in samples where both taxa are present.

Dataset	Country	Nutritional status	N	Rho	P
Desai et al.27	Malawi	All	41	0.29	0.0636
		Stunted	15	0.50	0.0580
		Nonstunted	26	0.21	0.3126
Dinh et al.28	India	All	19	0.62	0.0051
		Stunted	8	−0.40	0.3268
		Nonstunted	9	0.52	0.1618
Rouhani et al.11	Peru	All	168	0.06	0.4582
		Stunted	69	0.25	0.0415
		Nonstunted	99	−0.05	0.6384
Vonaesch et al.12,26	Madagascar	All	180	0.26	0.0005
		Stunted	92	0.30	0.0042
		Nonstunted	88	0.19	0.0780
Vonaesch et al.12,26	CAR	All	134	0.20	0.0184
		Stunted	60	0.30	0.0191
		Nonstunted	74	0.10	0.3606
Meta-analysis	All	All	547	0.29	4.6e-12
		Stunted	243	0.39	1.6e-10
		Nonstunted	299	0.19	0.0009

Bold values indicate statistical significance p < 0.05.

Children were defined as either stunted (height-for-age z-score ≤ −2) or nonstunted (height-for-age z-score > −2) for the analyses reported in this table.