Fig. 7
From: Development of the gut microbiota during early life in premature and term infants
Association between a OTU abundance and b Phyla abundance and clinical factors at 6 weeks of age. Univariate and multivariate models were built where significant associations were found between clinical factors and OTU/phyla abundances. To illustrate the estimated differences in bacterial abundance when an associated clinical factor varies, the predicted percentage of sequencing reads (of the total in the bacterial community) have been calculated when a specified clinical factor is at its 25% and 75% quartile. Predicted values are indicated by bars, with whiskers indicating the 95% confidence interval. Where multiple factors were found to influence an OTU (as indicated by the top bar), each factor is illustrated separately, with either the median or the most common categorical option being used as a base value for the additional clinical factors. The effects having mixed feeds (formula and breastmilk) are compared to breastmilk feeds alone