Early-life antibiotic exposure increases the risk of childhood overweight and obesity in relation to dysbiosis of gut microbiota: a birth cohort study

Abstract Background Early-life antibiotic exposure is associated with the development of later obesity through the disruption of gut microbiota in the animal models. However, the related epidemiological evidence is still conflicting. Methods A birth cohort was consisted of 2140 mother-infant pairs i...

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Main Authors: Ping Li, Xuelian Chang, Xiaoyu Chen, Chuan Wang, Yu Shang, Dongyi Zheng, Kemin Qi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-11-01
Series:Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12941-022-00535-1