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  • 1
    In: Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, Wiley, Vol. 7, No. 5 ( 2013-09), p. 718-728
    Abstract: Please cite this paper as: Charland et al. (2012) Relationship between community prevalence of obesity and associated behavioral factors and community rates of influenza‐related hospitalizations in the United States. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses DOI: 10.1111/irv.12019. Background  Findings from studies examining the association between obesity and acute respiratory infection are inconsistent. Few studies have assessed the relationship between obesity‐related behavioral factors, such as diet and exercise, and risk of acute respiratory infection. Objective  To determine whether community prevalence of obesity, low fruit/vegetable consumption, and physical inactivity are associated with influenza‐related hospitalization rates. Methods  Using data from 274 US counties, from 2002 to 2008, we regressed county influenza‐related hospitalization rates on county prevalence of obesity (BMI ≥ 30), low fruit/vegetable consumption ( 〈 5 servings/day), and physical inactivity ( 〈 30 minutes/month recreational exercise), while adjusting for community‐level confounders such as insurance coverage and the number of primary care physicians per 100 000 population. Results  A 5% increase in obesity prevalence was associated with a 12% increase in influenza‐related hospitalization rates [adjusted rate ratio (ARR) 1·12, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1·07, 1·17]. Similarly, a 5% increase in the prevalence of low fruit/vegetable consumption and physical inactivity was associated with an increase of 12% (ARR 1·12, 95% CI 1·08, 1·17) and 11% (ARR 1·11, 95% CI 1·07, 1·16), respectively. When all three variables were included in the same model, a 5% increase in prevalence of obesity, low fruit/vegetable consumption, and physical inactivity was associated with 6%, 8%, and 7% increases in influenza‐related hospitalization rates, respectively. Conclusions  Communities with a greater prevalence of obesity were more likely to have high influenza‐related hospitalization rates. Similarly, less physically active populations, with lower fruit/vegetable consumption, tended to have higher influenza‐related hospitalization rates, even after accounting for obesity.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1750-2640 , 1750-2659
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    Language: English
    Publisher: Wiley
    Publication Date: 2013
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  • 2
    In: Metabolomics, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 20, No. 1 ( 2024-01-24)
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1573-3890
    Language: English
    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2024
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  • 3
    In: Scientific Reports, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 8, No. 1 ( 2018-08-22)
    Abstract: Arsenic is a ubiquitous environmental toxicant with antimicrobial properties that can be found in food and drinking water. The influence of arsenic exposure on the composition of the human microbiome in US populations remains unknown, particularly during the vulnerable infant period. We investigated the relationship between arsenic exposure and gut microbiome composition in 204 infants prospectively followed as part of the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study. Infant urine was analyzed for total arsenic concentration using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Stool microbiome composition was determined using sequencing of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene. Infant urinary arsenic related to gut microbiome composition at 6 weeks of life (p = 0.05, adjusted for infant feeding type and urine specific gravity). Eight genera, six within the phylum Firmicutes, were enriched with higher arsenic exposure. Fifteen genera were negatively associated with urinary arsenic concentration, including Bacteroides and Bifidobacterium . Upon stratification by both sex and feeding method, we found detectable associations among formula-fed males (p = 0.008), but not other groups (p  〉  0.05 for formula-fed females and for breastfed males and females). Our findings from a US population indicate that even moderate arsenic exposure may have meaningful, sex-specific effects on the gut microbiome during a critical window of infant development.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2045-2322
    Language: English
    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2018
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  • 4
    In: BMC Microbiology, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 21, No. 1 ( 2021-12)
    Abstract: The infant intestinal microbiome plays an important role in metabolism and immune development with impacts on lifelong health. The linkage between the taxonomic composition of the microbiome and its metabolic phenotype is undefined and complicated by redundancies in the taxon-function relationship within microbial communities. To inform a more mechanistic understanding of the relationship between the microbiome and health, we performed an integrative statistical and machine learning-based analysis of microbe taxonomic structure and metabolic function in order to characterize the taxa-function relationship in early life. Results Stool samples collected from infants enrolled in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study (NHBCS) at approximately 6-weeks ( n  = 158) and 12-months ( n  = 282) of age were profiled using targeted and untargeted nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy as well as DNA sequencing of the V4-V5 hypervariable region from the bacterial 16S rRNA gene. There was significant inter-omic concordance based on Procrustes analysis (6 weeks: p  = 0.056; 12 months: p  = 0.001), however this association was no longer significant when accounting for phylogenetic relationships using generalized UniFrac distance metric (6 weeks: p  = 0.376; 12 months: p  = 0.069). Sparse canonical correlation analysis showed significant correlation, as well as identifying sets of microbe/metabolites driving microbiome-metabolome relatedness. Performance of machine learning models varied across different metabolites, with support vector machines (radial basis function kernel) being the consistently top ranked model. However, predictive R 2 values demonstrated poor predictive performance across all models assessed (avg: − 5.06% -- 6 weeks; − 3.7% -- 12 months). Conversely, the Spearman correlation metric was higher (avg: 0.344–6 weeks; 0.265–12 months). This demonstrated that taxonomic relative abundance was not predictive of metabolite concentrations. Conclusions Our results suggest a degree of overall association between taxonomic profiles and metabolite concentrations. However, lack of predictive capacity for stool metabolic signatures reflects, in part, the possible role of functional redundancy in defining the taxa-function relationship in early life as well as the bidirectional nature of the microbiome-metabolome association. Our results provide evidence in favor of a multi-omic approach for microbiome studies, especially those focused on health outcomes.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1471-2180
    Language: English
    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2021
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  • 5
    In: Exposure and Health, Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2451-9766 , 2451-9685
    Language: English
    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2022
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  • 6
    In: Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 12 ( 2021-4-7)
    Abstract: Cesarean-delivered (CD) infants harbor a distinct gut microbiome from vaginally delivered (VD) infants, however, during infancy, the most important driver of infant gut microbial colonization is infant feeding. Earlier studies have shown that breastfeeding is associated with higher levels of health-promoting bacteria such and Bifidobacterium and Bacteroides via modulation of the immune system, and production of metabolites. As the infant gut matures and solid foods are introduced, it is unclear whether longer duration of breast feeding restore loss of beneficial taxa within the intestinal microbiota of operatively delivered infants. Within the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study, we evaluated the longitudinal effect of delivery mode and infant feeding on the taxonomic composition and functional capacity of developing gut microbiota in the First year of life. Microbiota of 500 stool samples collected between 6 weeks and 12 months of age (from 229 infants) were characterized by 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing. Shotgun metagenomic sequencing was also performed on 350 samples collected at either 6 weeks or 12 months of age. Among infant participants, 28% were cesarean-delivered (CD) infants and most (95%) initiated breastfeeding within the first six months of life, with 26% exclusively breastfed and 69% mixed-fed (breast milk and formula), in addition to complementary foods by age 1. Alpha (within-sample) diversity was significantly lower in CD infants compared to vaginally delivered (VD) infants ( P & lt; 0.05) throughout the study period. Bacterial community composition clustering by both delivery mode and feeding duration at 1 year of age revealed that CD infants who were breast fed for & lt; 6 months were more dissimilar to VD infants than CD infants who breast fed for ≥ 6 months. We observed that breastfeeding modified the longitudinal impact of delivery mode on the taxonomic composition of the microbiota by 1 year of age, with an observed increase in abundance of Bacteroides fragilis and Lactobacillus with longer duration of breastfeeding among CD infants while there was an increase in Faecalibacterium for VD infants. Our findings confirm that duration of breastfeeding plays a critical role in restoring a health-promoting microbiome, call for further investigations regarding the association between breast milk exposure and health outcomes in early life.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1664-302X
    Language: Unknown
    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2021
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  • 7
    In: Communications Medicine, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 2, No. 1 ( 2022-07-14)
    Abstract: Emerging evidence points to a critical role of the developing gut microbiome in immune maturation and infant health; however, prospective studies are lacking. Methods We examined the occurrence of infections and associated symptoms during the first year of life in relation to the infant gut microbiome at six weeks of age using bacterial 16S rRNA V4-V5 gene sequencing ( N  = 465) and shotgun metagenomics ( N  = 185). We used generalized estimating equations to assess the associations between longitudinal outcomes and 16S alpha diversity and metagenomics species. Results Here we show higher infant gut microbiota alpha diversity was associated with an increased risk of infections or respiratory symptoms treated with a prescription medicine, and specifically upper respiratory tract infections. Among vaginally delivered infants, a higher alpha diversity was associated with an increased risk of all-cause wheezing treated with a prescription medicine and diarrhea involving a visit to a health care provider. Positive associations were specifically observed with Veillonella species among all deliveries and Haemophilus influenzae among cesarean-delivered infants. Conclusion Our findings suggest that intestinal microbial diversity and the relative abundance of key taxa in early infancy may influence susceptibility to respiratory infection, wheezing, and diarrhea.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2730-664X
    Language: English
    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2022
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  • 8
    In: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 86, No. 6 ( 2012-06-01), p. 1062-1071
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0002-9637 , 1476-1645
    Language: English
    Publisher: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
    Publication Date: 2012
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  • 9
    In: JAMA Pediatrics, American Medical Association (AMA), Vol. 170, No. 3 ( 2016-03-01), p. 212-
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2168-6203
    Language: English
    Publisher: American Medical Association (AMA)
    Publication Date: 2016
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  • 10
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    In:  Frontiers in Microbiology Vol. 14 ( 2023-4-17)
    In: Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 14 ( 2023-4-17)
    Abstract: Microbial communities inhabiting the human infant gut are important for immune system development and lifelong health. One critical exposure affecting the bacterial colonization of the infant gut is consumption of human milk, which contains diverse microbial communities and prebiotics. We hypothesized that human milk-associated microbial profiles are associated with those of the infant gut. Methods Maternal–infant dyads enrolled in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study ( n  = 189 dyads) contributed breast milk and infant stool samples collected approximately at 6 weeks, 4 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months postpartum ( n  = 572 samples). Microbial DNA was extracted from milk and stool and the V4-V5 region of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene was sequenced. Results Clustering analysis identified three breast milk microbiome types (BMTs), characterized by differences in Streptococcus , Staphylococcus , Pseudomonas , Acinetobacter , and microbial diversity. Four 6-week infant gut microbiome types (6wIGMTs) were identified, differing in abundances of Bifidobacterium , Bacteroides , Clostridium , Streptococcus , and Escherichia / Shigella , while two 12-month IGMTs (12mIGMTs) differed primarily by Bacteroides presence. At 6 weeks, BMT was associated with 6wIGMT (Fisher’s exact test value of p  = 0.039); this association was strongest among infants delivered by Cesarean section (Fisher’s exact test value of p  = 0.0028). The strongest correlations between overall breast milk and infant stool microbial community structures were observed when comparing breast milk samples to infant stool samples collected at a subsequent time point, e.g., the 6-week breast milk microbiome associated with the 6-month infant gut microbiome (Mantel test Z -statistic = 0.53, value of p  = 0.001). Streptoccous and Veillonella species abundance were correlated in 6-week milk and infant stool, and 4- and 6-month milk Pantoea species were associated with infant stool Lachnospiraceae genera at 9 and 12  months. Discussion We identified clusters of human milk and infant stool microbial communities that were associated in maternal–infant dyads at 6 weeks of life and found that milk microbial communities were more strongly associated with infant gut microbial communities in infants delivered operatively and after a lag period. These results suggest that milk microbial communities have a long-term effect on the infant gut microbiome both through sharing of microbes and other molecular mechanisms.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1664-302X
    Language: Unknown
    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2023
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