Table 6.
Pearson correlation between carbohydrate intake (g/day) and alpha diversity in diet types.
| Overall (n = 205) | WD (n = 50) | Flex (n = 52) | VG (n = 51) | VN (n = 52) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Diversity | r | p-Value | r | p-Value | r | p-Value | r | p-Value | r | p-Value |
| Shannon Entropy | 0.02 | 0.801 | 0.22 | 0.124 | 0.07 | 0.616 | 0.14 | 0.320 | −0.38 | 0.005 |
| Pielou Evenness | −0.01 | 0.939 | 0.14 | 0.323 | 0.14 | 0.341 | 0.08 | 0.601 | −0.38 | 0.005 |
| Faith PD | 0.003 | 0.670 | 0.34 | 0.017 | 0.01 | 0.947 | 0.13 | 0.357 | −0.38 | 0.005 |
WD = Western Diet; Flex = Flexitarian; VG = Vegetarian; VN = Vegan; Faith PD = Faiths’s phylogenetic diversity. Significance levels: p < 0.05, significant; p < 0.01, highly significant.