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Table 2 Reported maternal demographics and characteristics

From: Maternal fucosyltransferase 2 status affects the gut bifidobacterial communities of breastfed infants

Maternal characteristic

Secretor ( n  = 32)

Non-secretor ( n  = 12)

Maternal education

  High school

1

0

  Bachelor’s degree

11

1

  Master’s degree

12

7

  PhD or equivalent

8

4

Maternal ethnicity

  Caucasian

29

10

  Asian

1

1

  Hispanic

2

1

Secretor genotypea

  SS

6

0

  Ss

25

0

  ss

0

12

Maternal blood type (ABO)

  Type O

15

6

  Type A

15

5

  Type B

1

1

  Type AB

1

0

Maternal Rh factor

  Positive

29

9

  Negative

3

3

Parity

  Primiparous

24

8

  Multiparous

8

4

  Birth mode

  Vaginal

28

11

  C-section

4

1

Infant gender

  Female

17

7

  Male

15

5

  1. Values are frequencies per total sample size, n = 44. aGenotyping data missing for one subject phenotypically described as a secretor.