Table 2.
Cohort Location | Ever Breastfed (Median Duration) | Historic Breastfeeding Pattern | Any Bifidobacterium | B. adolescentis | B. animalis | B. bifidum | B. breve | B. longum subsp. infantis | B. longum subsp. longum | B. longum subsp. Unknown | B. pseudocatenulatum |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bangladesh | 100% (>2 years) | High | 100% | 5.8% | 2.6% | 32.5% | 40.1% | 83.6% | 26.3% | 1.1% | 8.4% |
Gambia | 100% (Unknown) | High | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 25% | 91.7% | 54.2% | 12.5% | 0% |
Austria | 91.8% (6.8 months) | Medium | 100% | 23.7% | 0.82% | 6.6% | 55.7% | 4.1% | 61.5% | 4.9% | 52.4% |
Finland | 99.3% (8 months) | Medium | 100% | 15.5% | 0% | 8.8% | 40.0% | 0.74% | 56.3% | 3.7% | 51.1% |
Germany | 91.1% (7.4 months) | Medium | 100% | 18.1% | 0.67% | 7.4% | 61.1% | 4.0% | 61.7% | 4.0% | 57.0% |
Switzerland | 97.3% (8 months) | Medium | 100% | 4.8% | 0% | 11.1% | 58.7% | 14.8% | 41.8% | 6.3% | 49.7% |
Davis, CA, USA | 100% (9.3 months) | Low | 65% | 8.3% | 0% | 13.3% | 36.7% | 8.3% | 36.7% | 1.7% | 15% |
Cincinnati, OH, USA | 86.5% (3.1 months) | Low | 97% | 11.5% | 0% | 19.2% | 61.5% | 0% | 69.2% | 0% | 19.2% |