Table 3 Summary of alpha diversity according to disease status
From: Alteration of the cutaneous microbiome in psoriasis and potential role in Th17 polarization
Alpha diversity metrics | Healthy.mean | Healthy.std | PSON.mean | PSON.std | PSOL.mean | PSOL.std | p value (trend) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chao1 | 891.86 | 534.25 | 1012.74 | 654.40 | 1090.78 | 650.49 | 0.18 |
Observed OTU | 521.77 | 314.82 | 572.43 | 324.16 | 614.92 | 346.02 | 0.15 |
Shannon | 4.33 | 1.72 | 4.68 | 1.70 | 4.94 | 1.71 | 0.005 |
Simpson | 0.77 | 0.20 | 0.81 | 0.19 | 0.84 | 0.17 | 0.00097 |