Table 1 Welch’s t-tests comparing alpha diversity metrics across Saudi Caries datasets. Variable column defines groups: sex: male or female; Caries: low or high; transformation, none (unfiltered), rarefied (rarefaction to even depth)
From: Oral microbiota analyses of paediatric Saudi population reveals signatures of dental caries
Variable | Transformation | Estimator | Estimate | Statistic | Conf low | Conf high | P value | P-adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | none | Observed | 2.915 | 0.364 | -12.878 | 18.708 | 0.716 | 0.818 |
Sex | none | Chao1 | 3.531 | 0.429 | -12.74 | 19.801 | 0.669 | 0.818 |
Sex | none | Shannon | 0.002 | 0.042 | -0.072 | 0.075 | 0.966 | 0.966 |
Sex | none | Simpson | -0.002 | -0.784 | -0.007 | 0.003 | 0.434 | 0.772 |
Sex | rarefied | Observed | 2.063 | 0.426 | -7.506 | 11.633 | 0.671 | 0.818 |
Sex | rarefied | Chao1 | 4.032 | 0.6 | -9.239 | 17.302 | 0.549 | 0.799 |
Sex | rarefied | Shannon | 0.005 | 0.143 | -0.067 | 0.078 | 0.887 | 0.946 |
Sex | rarefied | Simpson | -0.002 | -0.67 | -0.006 | 0.003 | 0.504 | 0.799 |
Caries status | none | Observed | -26.67 | -3.741 | -40.723 | -12.618 | 0 | 0.001 |
Caries status | none | Chao1 | -27.307 | -3.703 | -41.84 | -12.773 | 0 | 0.001 |
Caries status | none | Shannon | -0.096 | -2.608 | -0.169 | -0.023 | 0.01 | 0.028 |
Caries status | none | Simpson | -0.003 | -0.983 | -0.008 | 0.003 | 0.327 | 0.654 |
Caries status | rarefied | Observed | -16.754 | -3.85 | -25.331 | -8.176 | 0 | 0.001 |
Caries status | rarefied | Chao1 | -25.386 | -4.236 | -37.199 | -13.573 | 0 | 0.001 |
Caries status | rarefied | Shannon | -0.094 | -2.588 | -0.166 | -0.022 | 0.01 | 0.028 |
Caries status | rarefied | Simpson | -0.003 | -1.109 | -0.009 | 0.002 | 0.269 | 0.615 |