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Table 1 Characteristics of the cohorts (mean ± standard deviation)

From: Childhood BMI in relation to microbiota in infancy and lifetime antibiotic use

 

Finnish

Dutch

N

75

87

Birth weight (kg)

3.50 ± 0.44

3.64 ± 0.46

Growth first 6 months (kg); N

4.36 ± 075; 55

4.14 ± 0.69; 56

Duration of breastfeeding (weeks)

31.24 ± 17.19

14.18 ± 11.10

Total number of antibiotic courses

5.52 ± 4.82

2.67 ± 2.93

BMI

15.72 ± 1.54

15.75 ± 1.47