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Table 7 Alpha diversity of vulvar bacterial communities by BMI

From: Comparative study of vulva and abdominal skin microbiota of healthy females with high and average BMI

Alpha diversity

BMI

Mean

Standard Deviation

p-value

Shannon index

average

3.57467

0.95033

0.00010

high

4.56874

0.91445

 

Simpson’s index

average

0.78096

0.15236

0.00003

high

0.89420

0.90357

 
  1. p-values reported in Table 7 were calculated using the Kruskal-Wallis Test
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BMC Microbiology

ISSN: 1471-2180

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