Table 1. Comparisons of the average abundances and % contributions of the top 5 microbes that contributed the most to differences between each pair of treatment groups.

			Average abundance
Comparison	Family	Genus	Antiperspirant	Deodorant	% contribution to differences
Antiperspirant vs. deodoranta	Staphylococcaceae	Other	600.36	609.00	32.91
	Corynebacteriaceae	Corynebacterium	141.29	293.80	27.69
	Clostrididaceae	Anaerococcus	37.07	47.60	8.41
	Alicyclobacillaceae	Alicyclobacillus	26.57	4.30	3.41
	Clostrididaceae	Finegoldia	0.86	16.00	2.05
			None	Deodorant
None vs. deodorant	Staphylococcaceae	Other	212.90	609.00	43.63
	Corynebacteriaceae	Corynebacterium	615.90	293.80	35.36
	Clostridiaceae	Anaerococcus	78.50	47.60	8.74
	Clostridiaceae	Finegoldia	9.90	16.00	2.16
	Campylobacteraceae	Campylobacter	8.60	0.90	0.94
			None	Antiperspirant
None vs. antiperspirant	Corynebacteriaceae	Corynebacterium	615.90	141.29	37.82
	Staphylococcaceae	Other	212.90	600.36	34.21
	Clostrididaceae	Anaerococcus	78.50	37.07	6.98
	Alicyclobacillaceae	Alicyclobacillus	5.10	26.57	2.02
	Porphyromonadaceae	Porphyromonas	2.70	14.07	1.22

Notes.

^aIn a post-hoc test, participants ceasing antiperspirant use and participants ceasing deodorant use were not significantly different from each other (P = 0.095).