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Table 4 Association between oropharyngeal microbiota profiles and variables under study

From: The upper respiratory tract microbiota of healthy adults is affected by Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage, smoking habits, and contact with children

Characteristics

Microbiota profiles

 

Prevotella-Streptococcus

N = 142

Neisseria-Fusobacterium

N = 29

 

n (%)

n (%)

ORadj (95% CI)

Pneumococcal carrier, yes

24 (16.9)

11 (37.9)

3.6 (1.3–12.1)

Age, > 37 years

73 (51.4)

7 (24.1)

0.4 (0.1–1.1)

Gender, male

66 (46.5)

14 (48.4)

2.1 (0.4–3.0)

Children, yes

70 (49.3)

12 (41.4)

0.6 (0.2–1.9)

Smoker, yes

67 (47.2)

4 (13.7)

0.14 (0.04–0.4)

Season

 Spring

40 (28.2)

6 (20.7)

Ref

 Summer

40 (28.2)

8 (27.6)

1.56 (0.5–5.6)

 Autumn

23 (16.2)

5 (17.2)

1.93 (0.4–9.0)

 Winter

39 (27.4)

10 (34.5)

1.23 (0.4–4.4)

  1. Ref, variable used as reference. Bold indicates statistically significant results. The Prevotella-Streptococcus profile was the most frequent and thus was used as a reference against which the other profile was compared
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