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. 2024 Dec 17;15:1464257. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1464257

Table 1.

Mean relative proportions (%) of fungal phyla and genera in the nasal mycobiome of participants with allergic rhinitis (AR), AR with comorbid asthma (ARAS), asthma (AS) and healthy controls (CT).

Mean relative proportions (%) Linear model test significance
All AR ARAS AS CT AR-CT ARAS-CT AS-CT AR-ARAS AR-AS ARAS-AS
Phylum
Ascomycota 54 49.2 56.2 79.2 48.6 ns ns ns ns ns ns
Basidiomycota 44.9 49.6 43.3 20.4 49.4 ns ns ns ns ns ns
Genus
Malassezia 8.3 0.3 1.3 0.2 23.7 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 ns ns ns
Alternaria 3.2 3.6 3.6 1.6 2.7 0.024 0.0003 ns ns ns ns
Cladosporium 23 23.3 28.6 63.6 7.5 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 ns ns ns
Penicillium 2.4 1.8 3.3 1.4 1.6 0.049 <0.0001 0.031 ns ns ns
Aspergillus 4 3.6 3.4 1.9 5.4 ns ns ns ns ns ns
Candida 4.7 4.2 4.7 4.6 5.2 ns ns ns ns ns ns
Aleurina 2.4 0.1 0.2 0.3 7 ns ns ns ns ns ns
Wallemia 8.9 15.8 11.8 2.7 2.5 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.0063 ns ns ns
Rhodotorula 8.2 12.2 12.1 3.5 1.6 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.0008 ns ns ns
Sporobolomyces 1.2 1.1 2 0.9 0.1 <0.0001 <0.0001 ns ns ns ns
Naganishia 1.4 2.9 1.2 0.4 1 0.016 0.0026 ns ns ns ns
Vishniacozyma 1.4 2.9 1.5 0.9 0.6 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.0023 ns ns ns
Sistotrema 1 0.5 0.6 1.5 1.7 ns ns ns ns ns ns
Filobasidium 1.4 1.5 1.4 2.8 1.1 0.0009 <0.0001 0.019 ns ns ns

p values for significant pairwise comparisons (linear model test) between groups are also displayed. ns, not significant.