Figure 6. Three tests used for the matched-pairs t-test analyses for three different combinations of the three samples analysed using HTS for subjects who underwent colonoscopy.

−1m, −1w, sample obtained 1 month, 1 week pre-colonoscopy, LS, the last post-colonoscopy sample obtained for each patient. Test 1 compares the mean distances of a and c, test 2, c and b, and test 3, a and b.