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Table 2 Univariable and multivariable permutational analysis of variance using Bray–Curtis dissimilarity matrices

From: Ethnic and diet-related differences in the healthy infant microbiome

Predictor variable

Univariable

 

Multivariable

 

F-Model

R2

Pr(>F)

F-Model

R2

Pr(>F)

Ethnicity

32.61

0.084

0.001

32.21

0.084

0.001

Years in Canada

24.57

0.066

0.001

NAa

  

Infant age at time of sample collection

3.79

0.011

0.003

3.75

0.01

0.002

Breastfeeding at 1 year

14.28

0.040

0.001

12.75

0.033

0.001

Time since weaning

5.46

0.018

0.001

NA

  

Delivery mode

0.82

0.005

0.64

NA

 

Vegetarian status

10.45

0.029

0.001

NA

 

Gestational diabetes

1.49

0.004

0.16

NA

 

Antibiotics during pregnancy

2.07

0.006

0.04

NA

 

Antibiotics during labor

2.56

0.008

0.02

NA

 

Time of introduction of solid food

1.80

0.016

0.02

NA

 

Birth weight

3.09

0.009

0.006

NA

 

Infant weight gain in the first year

5.09

0.014

0.001

3.08

0.008

0.01

Formula at collection

1.05

0.004

0.36

NA

  

Formula in the first year

2.35

0.007

0.03

NA

 

Cow’s milk in the first year

1.85

0.006

0.06

NA

 
  1. Multivariable model chosen by forward stepwise regression
  2. aNot included as highly collinear with ethnicity
  3. NA not applicable