Additional file 6: Table S3. of Human milk microbiota profiles in relation to birthing method, gestation and infant gender

Comparison of relative abundances of different genera detected in milk between preterm and term samples, caesarean and vaginal deliveries, and male and female child. The values reported for “rab.sample.” represents the base 2 logarithm of the relative abundance of a specific genus within a sample. “rab.win..” represents the base 2 logarithm of the median abundance of a specific genus in all samples within a group (i.e. preterm samples or term samples) relative to the geometric mean abundance, which has a value of 0. Thus, positive values are higher than the geometric mean and are thus more abundant than negative values, which are lower than the geometric mean. Significance (p < 0.05) was based on the expected Benjamini-Hochberg corrected p value of the Welch’s t test (we.eBH) or the Wilcoxon test (wi.eBH). we.ep and wi.ep represent the raw p value of the respective tests. Out of the 47 genera identified, none were significantly different under any condition. (XLSX 139 kb)