Gut microbiome variation associated with race and ethnicity arises after three months of age and persists through childhood, according to a new study published August 17 in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Elizabeth K. Mallott of Washington University in St. Louis, US, Seth Bordenstein of Pennsylvania State University, US, and colleagues.
most important in this prediction were also associated with breastfeeding and delivery method .
"Notably, our findings do not support race- or ethnicity-associated variation appearing at birth or shortly after, when mother-to-infant and other mechanisms of vertical microbial transmission are expected to be strongest," the authors say.
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