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Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2015 Nov-Dec;77(9):969–981. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000247

Table 5.

Hospital admission (T1): microbial taxa and diversity measures associated with eating disorder psychopathology in females with AN (n=15)

Taxonomic/diversity
level
Classification Behavioral
measure
Test
statistic
p FDR
corrected p
Order Actinomycetales ShapeC 0.450 0.024 0.40
WeightC 0.434 0.030 0.40
Clostridiales EatingC −0.452 0.020 0.40
EDEQ −0.448 0.020 0.40
Turicibacterales EatingC −0.484 0.018 0.40

Family Actinomycetaceae ShapeC 0.450 0.024 0.34
WeightC 0.434 0.030 0.38
Clostridiaceae Restraint −0.437 0.025 0.34
Clostridiales_family WeightC −0.453 0.022 0.34
Odoribacteraceae Restraint 0.450 0.024 0.34
Ruminococcaceae Restraint −0.554 0.005 0.16
EatingC −0.529 0.006 0.16
ShapeC −0.534 0.006 0.16
WeightC −0.579 0.003 0.16
EDEQ −0.600 0.002 0.16
Turicibacteraceae EatingC −0.484 0.018 0.34

Genus Anaerostipes EatingC −0.463 0.028 0.47
ShapeC −0.491 0.021 0.47
WeightC −0.508 0.017 0.47
EDEQ −0.505 0.016 0.47
Bacteroidaceae_genus EatingC 0.449 0.030 0.47
Clostridiales_genus WeightC −0.453 0.022 0.47
Clostridium EatingC −0.445 0.037 0.47
Eubacteriaceae_genus ShapeC −0.431 0.042 0.47
Faecalibacterium EatingC −0.425 0.029 0.47
ShapeC −0.459 0.019 0.47
WeightC −0.394 0.046 0.47
EDEQ −0.383 0.047 0.47
Lachnospira ShapeC −0.510 0.011 0.47
WeightC −0.495 0.015 0.47
EDEQ −0.411 0.038 0.47
Ruminococcaceae_genus EatingC −0.433 0.026 0.47
ShapeC −0.418 0.032 0.47
WeightC −0.422 0.032 0.47
TotalC −0.429 0.026 0.47
Ruminococcus EDEQ −0.390 0.042 0.47
Turicibacter EatingC −0.484 0.018 0.47
Veillonella WeightC −0.512 0.020 0.47

Alpha diversity # of observed species ShapeC −0.515 0.008 0.045
WeightC −0.441 0.025 0.045
EDEQ −0.429 0.026 0.045
Chao-1 estimator ShapeC −0.476 0.015 0.090

Beta diversity Weighted (PC 4) EatingC −0.394 0.042 0.83
Unweighted (PC 1) EatingC −0.413 0.033 0.58
ShapeC −0.437 0.025 0.58
WeightC −0.422 0.032 0.58
EDEQ −0.448 0.020 0.58
a

FDR = false discovery rate; PC = principal coordinate

b

EDEQ refers to the total score on the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire. The following subscales are also included: Dietary Restraint (Restraint), Eating Concern (EatingC), Shape Concern (ShapeC), Weight Concern (WeightC)

c

Alpha = 0.05; FDR level = 0.1

d

Associations were examined with the tau-b correlation coefficient.