Table 4.
Mesh insertion technique: Spearman's rank correlation (rS) between mesh implantation time, diversity index in mesh and diversity index in plaque
| Mesh implantation time | Diversity index mesh | Diversity index plaque | Oral bacterial seqa | Enteric bacterial seqa | Skin bacterial seqa | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open mesh insertion | |||||||||||
| Mesh implantation time, rS (P value) | 1.000 | 0.447 | (0.07) | 0.349 | (0.17) | 0.256 | (0.32) | 0.455 | (0.07) | 0.564 | (0.02) |
| Diversity index mesh | 1.000 | 0.685 | (<0.01) | 0.916 | (<0.0001) | 0.466 | (0.06) | 0.740 | (<0.01) | ||
| Diversity index plaque | 0.685 | (<0.01) | 1.000 | 0.574 | (0.02) | 0.468 | (0.06) | 0.565 | (0.02) | ||
| Laparoscopic mesh insertion | |||||||||||
| Mesh implantation time, rS (P value) | 1.000 | 0.209 | (0.49) | 0.288 | (0.34) | 0.078 | (0.80) | 0.020 | (0.94) | 0.429 | (0.14) |
| Diversity index mesh | 1.000 | 0.953 | (<0.0001) | 0.585 | (0.04) | 0.701 | (<0.01) | 0.525 | (0.07) | ||
| Diversity index plaque | 0.953 | (<0.0001) | 1.000 | 0.378 | (0.20) | 0.793 | (<0.01) | 0.619 | (0.02) | ||
Bacterial sequences in mesh further arranged according to typical habitat.
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Number of oral, enteric and skin bacterial sequences in mesh samples.