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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of children with eczema by 2 years and at 5 years of age and their healthy controls

From: Molecular analysis of infant fecal microbiota in an Asian at-risk cohort–correlates with infant and childhood eczema

 

By 2 years of age

 

At 5 years of age

 
 

Eczema (n = 28)

Healthy control (n = 32)

p value

Eczema (n = 15)

Healthy control (n = 19)

p value

Gender (%)

      

Male

14 (50)

15 (46.9)

0.809

6 (40)

9 (47.4)

0.667

Female

14 (50)

17 (53.1)

 

9 (60)

10 (52.6)

 

Mode of delivery (%)

      

Lower segment caesarean section

7 (25)

9 (28.1)

0.785

4 (26.7)

4 (21.1)

1

Vaginal delivery

21 (75)

23 (71.9)

 

11 (73.3)

15 (78.9)

 

Feeding history from birth to month 6 (%)

      

Breastfeeding and formula feeding

21 (75)

26 (81.3)

0.558

11 (73.3)

16 (84.2)

0.672

Total formula feeding

7 (25)

6 (18.7)

 

4 (26.7)

3 (15.8)