Table 3 Fecal microbial diversity at ages 1 and 4 months, and eczema1 at age 6 months, stratified by mode of delivery
From: Diversity of the gut microbiota and eczema in early life
| Â | Â | Vaginal Delivery2 | Cesarean Section2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Means | Â | Means | Â | ||
| Â | Age | Eczema | Controls | p-value3 | Eczema | Controls | p-value3 |
DGGE bands 4 | 1 month | 3.60 | 5.20 | 0.05 | 4.00 | 4.57 | 0.75 |
| Â | 4 months | 4.20 | 7.75 | 0.26 | 3.50 | 5.67 | 0.12 |
Shannon index 5 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
| Â | 1 month | 0.50 | 0.83 | 0.04 | 0.56 | 0.70 | 0.16 |
| Â | 4 months | 0.63 | 0.94 | 0.18 | 0.56 | 0.90 | 0.04 |