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. 2022 Feb 21;12:2875. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-06792-6

Table 2.

Association between clinical and anthropometric variables and alpha diversity indexes.

Independent variable Outcome
Observed Richness Shannon index Inverse Simpson index
Coeff. (95%CI) p-value Coeff. (95%CI) p-value Coeff. (95%CI) p-value
Delivery mode 6.823(−1.805–15.451) 0.125 0.285(−0.096–0.665) 0.143 1.074(−0.316–2.464) 0.130
Maternal diabetics statusa −8.546(−18.307–1.215) 0.086 −0.371(−1.018–0.433) 0.091 −1.476(−3.044–0.092) 0.065
Sexa 2.950(−5.558–11.459) 0.498 0.157(−0.217–0.531) 0.411 0.370(−1.002–1.742) 0.597
Gestational agea −4.270(−7.805–0.736) 0.018 −0.167(−0.323–0.010) 0.037 −0.524(−1.100–0.052) 0.075
Maternal agea −0.558(−1.358–0.242) 0.175 −0.002(−0.033–0.037) 0.918 0.025(−0.105–0.155) 0.704
Gravidic weight increasea 0.165(−0.847–1.176) 0.750 0.009(−0.036–0.053) 0.703 0.023(−0.140–0.186) 0.782
Maternal antibiotic exposure 3.072(−5.705–11.849) 0.494 0.174(−0.210–0.558) 0.377 0.623(−0.788–2.034) 0.389
Maternal Rh factora −8.503(−18.137–1.130) 0.078 −0.571(−1.130–0.011) 0.045 −1.688(−3.372–0.004) 0.049

All analyses were adjusted for the DNA extraction batch used.

Significant values are in bold.