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. 2024 Aug 20;12(10):e04109-23. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.04109-23

TABLE 4.

Criteria used to define longitudinal regimes of the gut microbiome based on results of statistical tests

Regime White noise Prevalence Stationarity
Flatness score Ljung–Box test P value ADF P value KPSS P value
White noise ≥0.4 >0.05 <0.1 <0.05 >0.05
Rare <0.4 <0.05 <0.1 >0.05 <0.05
Stable prevalent <0.4 <0.05 >0.9 <0.05 >0.05
Unstable prevalent <0.4 <0.05 >0.9 >0.05 <0.05
Stable temporal <0.4 <0.05 (0.1–0.9) <0.05 >0.05
Unstable temporal < 0.4 <0.05 (0.1– 0.9) >0.05 <0.05