Ethnic and diet-related differences in the healthy infant microbiome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The infant gut is rapidly colonized by microorganisms soon after birth, and the composition of the microbiota is dynamic in the first year of life. Although a stable microbiome may not be established until 1 to 3 years after birth, the infant gut microbiota appears to be an important predictor of health outcomes in later life.

Methods

We obtained stool at one year of age from 173 white Caucasian and 182 South Asian infants from two Canadian birth cohorts to gain insight into how maternal and early infancy exposures influence the development of the gut microbiota. We investigated whether the infant gut microbiota differed by ethnicity (referring to groups of people who have certain racial, cultural, religious, or other traits in common) and by breastfeeding status,

SUBMITTER: Stearns JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5372248 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature