Comparison of Gut Microbiota Between Infants with Atopic Dermatitis and Healthy Controls in Guangzhou, China

Figures & data

Table 1 Characteristics of Infants with and without Atopic Dermatitis

	Non-AD Group (N=25)	AD Group (N=20)	p-value
Sex			0.396
Male (%)	7 (28)	8 (40)
Female (%)	18 (72)	12 (60)
Delivery			0.38
Vaginal (%)	13 (52)	13 (65)
Cesarean section (%)	12 (48)	7 (35)
Feeding method			0.363
Breastfeeding (%)	15 (60)	9 (45)
Formula feeding (%)	1 (4)	3 (15)
Breast and formula feeding (%)	9 (36)	8 (40)

Abbreviation: AD, atopic dermatitis.

Figure 1 Venn diagram of the observed operational taxonomic units in the non-AD (NG) and AD (AG) groups.

Figure 2 Species accumulation boxplot.

Figure 3 The top 10 relative abundances of bacteria at phylum (A), family (B) genus (C) and species (D) levels in fecal samples from the non-AD (NG) and AD (AG) groups.

Figure 4 Cladogram of biomarkers for the AD group. The red circle represented biomarkers. Concentric rings from outside to inside were genus, family, order, class, and phylum.

Figure 5 Distribution of the Chao1 index (A) and Shannon index (B) in the non-AD (NG) and AD (AG) group infants.

Figure 6 Gut microbial β diversity in the non-AD (NG) and AD group (AG) infants.