Why do babies cry? Exploring the role of the gut microbiota in infantile colic, constipation, and cramps in the KOALA birth cohort study/Experiment 8

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Needs review

Curated date: 2025/05/02

Curator: Shulamite

Revision editor(s): Shulamite

Subjects

Location of subjects
Netherlands
Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Homo sapiens
Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology
Feces Cow dung,Cow pat,Droppings,Dung,Excrement,Excreta,Faeces,Fecal material,Fecal matter,Fewmet,Frass,Guano,Matières fécales@fr,Merde@fr,Ordure,Partie de la merde@fr,Piece of shit,Porción de mierda@es,Portion of dung,Portion of excrement,Portion of faeces,Portion of fecal material,Portion of fecal matter,Portion of feces,Portion of guano,Portion of scat,Portionem cacas,Scat,Spoor,Spraint,Stool,Teil der fäkalien@de,Feces,feces
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Functional abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract Functional abnormality of the GI tract,GI dysfunction,Functional abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract,functional abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Low colic: wessel-Covariate adjusted (4 - 7months)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
High colic: wessel-Covariate adjusted (4 - 7months)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
High colic: Wessel's criteria applied to infants aged 4–7 months, adjusted for covariates (Full cohort).
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
3 Months.

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V4
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
centered log-ratio
Statistical test
Logistic Regression
Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.05
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
Yes

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged
Richness Number of species
unchanged

Signature 1

Needs review

Curated date: 2025/05/02

Curator: Shulamite

Revision editor(s): Shulamite

Source: Table S6

Description: Results of regression models testing associations between one-month stool microbiota core genera and functional gastrointestinal symptoms.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in High colic: wessel-Covariate adjusted (4 - 7months)

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Mediterraneibacter gnavus

Revision editor(s): Shulamite