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Table 1 Correlating allergen load with the bacterial Shannon diversity metric

From: Concurrent measurement of microbiome and allergens in the air of bedrooms of allergy disease patients in the Chicago area

Allergen (pg/m3)

Spearman’s correlation

Mantel test

t value

p value

Correlation

Mantel R

Significance

Alternaria (Alt a 1)

2.089

0.040*

0.233

− 0.087

0.777

Aspergillus (Asp f 1)

− 2.502

0.015*

− 0.276

− 0.003

0.394

Birch (Bet v 1)

1.578

0.119

0.178

− 0.068

0.771

Cat (Fel d 1)

1.128

0.263

0.128

− 0.113

0.889

Dog (Can f 1)

3.279

0.002**

0.35

0.055

0.22

Mouse (Mus m 1)

0.317

0.752

0.036

− 0.004

0.372

Roach (Bla g 2)

0.458

0.648

0.052

0.038

0.252

Timothy grass (Phl p 5)

1.626

0.108

0.183

− 0.074

0.756

Total dust mites (Der f 1 + Der p 1 + MG2)

0.996

0.323

0.113

− 0.138

0.923

  1. * means p < 0.05, ** means p < 0.01
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