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Table 3 Comparison of alpha diversity assessed by Faith’s phylogenetic diversity (PD) and Shannon’s non-phylogenetic diversity indexes for the different fungal and bacterial samples

From: The lower airways microbiota and antimicrobial peptides indicate dysbiosis in sarcoidosis

Sarcoidosis vs controls

Fungi

 

Bacteria

  
 

OWa

PBALa

OWa

PBALa

LPSBa

Faith’s PD

  

0.047

0.03

0.35

Shannon

0.84

0.87

0.13

0.55

0.25

  1. Numbers represent p values estimated from Kruskal-Wallis tests
  2. aOral wash (OW), protected bronchoalveolar lavage (PBAL), left protected sterile brushes (LPSB)