Table 2 Correlations and comparison of mean values of diversity indices by participants’ characteristics
From: Breastfeeding may have a long-term effect on oral microbiota: results from the Fin-HIT cohort
| Â | Shannon | Inverse Simpson | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Continuous variables | r | P- value | r | P- value |
Adolescent’s age | 0.015 | 0.763 | −0.003 | 0.949 |
Adolescent’s body mass index | −0.047 | 0.344 | −0.037 | 0.456 |
Categorical variables | Mean (SD) | P- value | Mean (SD) | P- value |
Adolescent’s gender | ||||
 Male | 2.9 (0.3) | 0.338 | 10.2 (3.0) | 0.412 |
 Female | 2.9 (0.3) | 9.9 (3.2) | ||
Type of delivery | ||||
 Vaginal | 2.9 (0.3) | 0.579 | 10.1 (3.1) | 0.579 |
 C-section | 2.9 (0.3) | 9.9 (3.0) | ||
Parent’s language | ||||
 Finnish | 2.9 (0.3) | 0.776 | 10.0 (3.1) | 0.802 |
 Swedish | 2.9 (0.2) | 10.2 (3.0) | ||
 Other | 3.0 (0.4) | 10.9 (4.1) | ||
Parent’s education | ||||
 High school/ technical level | 2.9 (0.3) | 0.544 | 9.8 (3.0) | 0.190 |
 University degree | 2.9 (0.3) | 10.2 (3.2) | ||
Sequence reads | ||||
 Low | 2.8 (0.2) |  | 9.3 (2.1) |  |
 Medium | 2.9 (0.3) | 0.274 | 10.0 (2.9) | 0.360 |
 High | 2.9 (0.4) |  | 10.3 (3.4) |  |