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

• Main Authors: Ping Li (Author), Xuelian Chang (Author), Xiaoyu Chen (Author), Chuan Wang (Author), Yu Shang (Author), Dongyi Zheng (Author), Kemin Qi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...