TABLE 1.
Bacterial diversity in breast milk samples.
| Study group |
Control group |
P-value† |
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| Group diversity median (IQR) | 1st week median (IQR) | 5th week median (IQR) | Group diversity median (IQR) | 1st week median (IQR) | 5th week median (IQR) | (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | |
| Shannon index | 2.3 (1.84–2.66) |
2.16 (1.53–2.38) |
2.27 (1.97–2.67) |
2.2 (1.82–2.52) |
2.19 (1.78–2.63) |
2.31 (1.93–2.72) |
0.210 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 1 | 1 |
| Simpson index | 0.83 (0.71–0.87) |
0.80 (0.66–0.84) |
0.82 (0.77–0.88) |
0.8 (0.73–0.86) |
0.78 (0.70–0.86) |
0.84 (0.74–0.87) |
0.610 | 0.53 | 0.87 | 1 | 1 |
†Pairwise comparisons using Wilcoxon rank sum test with Bonferroni correction: (a) study vs. control group; within group comparison 1st vs. 5th week:(b) study group and (c) control group; between group comparison: (d) 1st week and (e) 5th week.