Table 8.
Pearson correlation between energy intake (kcal/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 | 0.01 | 0.872 | 0.07 | 0.620 | −0.02 | 0.877 | 0.11 | 0.434 | −0.42 | 0.002 |
| Pielou Evenness | 0.03 | 0.629 | 0.13 | 0.358 | 0.06 | 0.662 | 0.13 | 0.356 | −0.35 | 0.011 |
| Faith PD | −0.02 | 0.831 | 0.09 | 0.558 | −0.10 | 0.496 | 0.01 | 0.938 | −0.33 | 0.017 |
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.