Table 2. Distance-based ANOVA analysis: differences in bacterial community composition between smokers and nonsmokers.
| A. Within-Group1 | Nasopharynx | Oropharynx | ||
| Right | Left | Right | Left | |
| UnWeighted | 0.035 | 0.043 | 0.007 | 0.017 |
| Weighted | 0.037 | 0.202 | 0.6 | 0.811 |
Table of P-values based on distance-based ANOVA with 10,000 label permutations comparing average UniFrac distances within (A) and between vs. within (B) bacterial microbiota from smoking and nonsmoking groups by airway site sampled. Significance threshold: P-value<0.05.
1
In all cases, bacterial communities from smokers had greater average within-group distances.
2
In all cases, bacterial communities from smokers had greater average between vs. within-group distances.