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The Effects of Different Modes of Delivery on the Structure and Predicted Function of Intestinal Microbiota in Neonates and Early Infants Cover

The Effects of Different Modes of Delivery on the Structure and Predicted Function of Intestinal Microbiota in Neonates and Early Infants

Polish Journal of Microbiology
Volume 70 (2021): Issue 1 (March 2021)
By: KAIYU PAN,  CHENGYUE ZHANG and  JUN TIAN  
Open Access
|Mar 2021

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1.

Intestinal microbiota community structure of 2 groups (vaginal delivery and cesarean section) in 3 days neonates.(A) Intestinal microbiota community heatmap analysis on the genus level of the two groups.(B) Wilcoxon rank-sum test bar plot on the genus level between the two groups.(C) Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) on unweighted UniFrac distances between the neonatal microbiota is shown along the first two principal coordinates (PC) axes. Each point represents a single sample and is colored by a delivery mode: vaginal delivery, blue; cesarean section, red. The closer the two sample points are, the more similar the species composition is.(D) PCoA box diagram. Represents the discrete distribution of different groups of samples on the PC1 axis: vaginal delivery, blue; cesarean section, red.
Intestinal microbiota community structure of 2 groups (vaginal delivery and cesarean section) in 3 days neonates.(A) Intestinal microbiota community heatmap analysis on the genus level of the two groups.(B) Wilcoxon rank-sum test bar plot on the genus level between the two groups.(C) Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) on unweighted UniFrac distances between the neonatal microbiota is shown along the first two principal coordinates (PC) axes. Each point represents a single sample and is colored by a delivery mode: vaginal delivery, blue; cesarean section, red. The closer the two sample points are, the more similar the species composition is.(D) PCoA box diagram. Represents the discrete distribution of different groups of samples on the PC1 axis: vaginal delivery, blue; cesarean section, red.

Fig. 2.

Intestinal microbiota community structures of two groups (vaginal delivery and cesarean section) in 30–42 days infants.(A) Intestinal microbiota community heatmap analysis on the genus level of the two groups.(B) Wilcoxon rank-sum test bar plot on the genus level between the two groups.(C) Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) on unweighted UniFrac distances between the infants’ intestinal microbiota is shown along the first two principal coordinates (PC) axes. Each point represents a single sample and is colored by delivery mode: vaginal delivery, blue; cesarean section, red. The closer the two sample points are, the more similar the species composition is.(D) PCoA box diagram. Represents the discrete distribution of different groups of samples on the PC1 axis: vaginal delivery, red; cesarean section, blue.
Intestinal microbiota community structures of two groups (vaginal delivery and cesarean section) in 30–42 days infants.(A) Intestinal microbiota community heatmap analysis on the genus level of the two groups.(B) Wilcoxon rank-sum test bar plot on the genus level between the two groups.(C) Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) on unweighted UniFrac distances between the infants’ intestinal microbiota is shown along the first two principal coordinates (PC) axes. Each point represents a single sample and is colored by delivery mode: vaginal delivery, blue; cesarean section, red. The closer the two sample points are, the more similar the species composition is.(D) PCoA box diagram. Represents the discrete distribution of different groups of samples on the PC1 axis: vaginal delivery, red; cesarean section, blue.

Fig. 3.

Student’s t-test for sobs index of vaginal delivery and cesarean section groups’ intestinal microbiota at two points (in 3 days and 30–42 days old). (A) Sobs index at the two points of vaginal delivery infants. (B) Sobs index at the two points of cesarean section infants.
Student’s t-test for sobs index of vaginal delivery and cesarean section groups’ intestinal microbiota at two points (in 3 days and 30–42 days old). (A) Sobs index at the two points of vaginal delivery infants. (B) Sobs index at the two points of cesarean section infants.

Fig. 4.

Predicted function: Heatmap of KEGG pathway level 2.(A) Heatmap showing distinct microbial gene (KEGG pathway level 2) profiles of the two groups’ stool in 3 days after delivery: vaginal delivery, r)ed; cesarean section, green.(B) Heatmap showing distinct microbial gene (KEGG pathway level 2) profiles of 2 groups in 30–42 days old: vaginal delivery, green; cesarean section, red.
Predicted function: Heatmap of KEGG pathway level 2.(A) Heatmap showing distinct microbial gene (KEGG pathway level 2) profiles of the two groups’ stool in 3 days after delivery: vaginal delivery, r)ed; cesarean section, green.(B) Heatmap showing distinct microbial gene (KEGG pathway level 2) profiles of 2 groups in 30–42 days old: vaginal delivery, green; cesarean section, red.

Description of 82 participants of this study_

GroupVaginal delivery (n = 51)Cesarean delivery (n = 31)p-value
Sex (%)0.907
Boys24 (47.1%)15 (48.4%)
Girls27 (52.9%)16 (51.6%)
Gestational age (w)39.0 ± 0.939.2 ± 1.00.532
Birth weight (g)3,091.0 ± 299.73,117.4 ± 260.40.685
Hb (g/l)163.9 ± 12.0161.2 ± 10.20.296
Premature rupture of membranes (h)3.2 ± 2.13.3 ± 2.50.836
Feeding (%) 3-day-old0.687
Breast-fed24 (47.1%)12 (38.7%)
Mixed-fed16 (31.4%)10 (32.3%)
Fomula-fed11 (21.6%)9 (29.0%)
Feeding (%) 30-42-day-old0.853
Breast-fed21 (41.2%)11 (35.5%)
Mixed-fed16 (31.3%)10 (32.3%)
Fomula-fed14 (27.5%)10 (32.3%)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2021-002 | Journal eISSN: 2544-4646 | Journal ISSN: 1733-1331
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Language: English
Page range: 45 - 55
Submitted on: Oct 14, 2020
Accepted on: Jan 7, 2021
Published on: Mar 19, 2021
Published by: Polish Society of Microbiologists
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
vaginal delivery,
cesarean section delivery,
early infants,
intestinal microbiota,
predicted function
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Microbiology and virology

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