Table 2

Relative gene expression levels in breast-fed (BF) versus formula-fed (FF) infants following a 3-month feeding period

Gene

BF/FF

P-value

q-value

TACR1

1.80

0.0189

0.1670

REL

1.62

0.0047

0.1026

DUOX2

1.45

0.0215

0.1670

VAV2

1.36

0.0088

0.1404

NDST1

0.79

0.0103

0.1477

AOC3

0.78

0.0202

0.1670

SP2

0.76

0.0030

0.0860

IL1A

0.71

0.0089

0.1389

ALOX5

0.69

1.40E-05

0.0008

BPIL1

0.37

1.43E-05

0.0008

KLRF1

0.35

3.16E-05

0.0015

Fold change represents relative expression level in BF divided by FF infants for the 11 genes exhibiting the strongest multivariate relationships to microbiota virulence characteristics.

Schwartz et al. Genome Biology 2012 13:r32   doi:10.1186/gb-2012-13-4-r32