Associations between psychological or biological stress indicators and gut microbiota in pregnant women – findings from a prospective longitudinal study
The present study results contradict previous research that indicated significant associations between emotions and gut microbiota in the perinatal period. Although we cannot provide an ultimate explanation for this discrepancy, we propose it can lie in insufficient control for false positives in the differential abundance analyses in most previous studies.
Authors
- Hana Hrbáčková
- Jana Ullmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2011-895X)
- Lucie Schmiedová (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2180-5281)
- Kamila Nouzová
- Šárka Kaňková (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3087-7538)
- Daniela Dlouhá (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2968-1992)
- L Takács (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8137-026X)
- Jakub Kreisinger
Institutions
- Charles University (CZ)
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Biology (CZ)
- Centre of Civil Engineering (Czechia) (CZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Microbiology
- Published
- 2025-07-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-025-04146-6
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.76
Funders
- Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy
- Grantová Agentura České Republiky
- Central European Institute of Technology
- Masarykova Univerzita