Table 9.
Pearson correlation between fiber compounds (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 | |
| Fiber non-soluble | Shannon Entropy | −0.09 | 0.213 | 0.21 | 0.139 | 0.03 | 0.812 | 0.13 | 0.361 | −0.33 | 0.014 |
| Pielou Evenness | −0.06 | 0.416 | 0.30 | 0.037 | 0.12 | 0.414 | 0.11 | 0.460 | −0.33 | 0.016 | |
| Faith PD | −0.09 | 0.208 | 0.16 | 0.258 | −0.08 | 0.587 | 0.06 | 0.697 | −0.21 | 0.137 | |
| Fiber soluble | Shannon Entropy | 0.07 | 0.294 | 0.06 | 0.707 | −0.01 | 0.970 | 0.11 | 0.465 | 0.17 | 0.226 |
| Pielou Evenness | 0.14 | 0.045 | 0.27 | 0.060 | 0.02 | 0.902 | 0.16 | 0.277 | 0.13 | 0.369 | |
| Faith PD | 0.05 | 0.483 | −0.04 | 0.787 | −0.01 | 0.961 | −0.02 | 0.918 | 0.26 | 0.060 | |
| Cellulose | Shannon Entropy | −0.10 | 0.169 | 0.15 | 0.146 | 0.09 | 0.514 | 0.12 | 0.411 | −0.30 | 0.030 |
| Pielou Evenness | −0.06 | 0.427 | 0.24 | 0.100 | 0.18 | 0.205 | 0.17 | 0.244 | −0.31 | 0.021 | |
| Faith PD | −0.01 | 0.155 | 0.06 | 0.668 | −0.03 | 0.834 | 0.003 | 0.990 | −0.15 | 0.268 | |
| Starch | Shannon Entropy | −0.12 | 0.099 | 0.29 | 0.038 | −0.26 | 0.067 | 0.11 | 0.455 | −0.50 | 0.000 |
| Pielou Evenness | −0.11 | 0.119 | 0.19 | 0.177 | −0.16 | 0.247 | 0.04 | 0.784 | −0.40 | 0.003 | |
| Faith PD | −0.02 | 0.740 | 0.42 | 0.002 | −0.21 | 0.146 | 0.09 | 0.522 | −0.30 | 0.030 | |
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.