Table 5. Cladistic association analysis: P-values for differences in phyla and genera between broncho-alveolar lavage in difficult childhood asthmatics and control subjects.
| PHYLA | Control | Asthma | P * Asthma vs. Controls |
| Proteobacteria | 83 | 331 | 6.45E−14 |
| Bacterioidetes | 282 | 239 | 1.13E−17 |
| Firmicutes | 218 | 454 | |
| Fusobacteria | 69 | 70 | |
| Actinobacteria | 18 | 27 | |
| GENERA | |||
| Bacteroidetes/Prevotella | 247 | 137 | 3.23E−31 |
| Other Bacteroidetes | 35 | 102 | |
| Firmicutes/Staphylococcus | 13 | 74 | 7.16E−03 |
| Firmicutes/Streptococcus | 98 | 242 | |
| Firmicutes/Veillonella | 69 | 90 | |
| Other Firmicutes | 38 | 48 | |
| Proteobacteria/Haemophilus | 17 | 154 | 1.44E−13 |
| Proteobacteria/Neisseria | 53 | 77 | |
| Other Proteobacteria | 13 | 100 | 1.01E−06 |
| Fusobacteria | 69 | 70 | |
The numbers of sequences are shown for each split level.
*
Only significant P values are shown. The significance levels have been Bonferroni corrected for multiple comparisons.