Table 2. Results of envfit analyses testing for correlation of patient characteristics with microbiota composition patterns detected in PCoA graph.
p value of correlation with PCoA plane |
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axis 1-axis 2 | axis 1-axis 3 | |
all samples included (n = 40) | ||
histological diagnosis | 0.14 | 0.29 |
histopathology score | 0.30 | 0.40 |
patient age | 0.06 | 0.09 |
patient sex | 0.55 | 0.19 |
town | 0.0012 | 0.24 |
samples with available cagPAI status (n = 38) | ||
cagPAI status | 0.25 | 0.77 |
samples with H. pylori population data (n = 33) | ||
% AA1 | 0.45 | 0.48 |
% AA1 > 20%? | 0.39 | 0.39 |
% AA1 > 50%? | 0.28 | 0.30 |
modern H. pylori population | 0.47 | 0.42 |
P values were based on 10,000 permutations. P values ≤ 0.05 (bold text) are considered significant.