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SUBMITTER: Lundgren SN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6033232 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lundgren Sara N SN Madan Juliette C JC Emond Jennifer A JA Morrison Hilary G HG Christensen Brock C BC Karagas Margaret R MR Hoen Anne G AG
Microbiome 20180705 1
<h4>Background</h4>The gut microbiome has an important role in infant health and immune development and may be affected by early-life exposures. Maternal diet may influence the infant gut microbiome through vertical transfer of maternal microbes to infants during vaginal delivery and breastfeeding. We aimed to examine the association of maternal diet during pregnancy with the infant gut microbiome 6 weeks post-delivery in mother-infant dyads enrolled in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study. Infa ...[more]