Table 2.

Group comparison of the lung microbiomes of naïve mice, with those from mice with OVA-induced allergic airway disease within treatments for analysis of similarity (ANOSIM)

Factor	Groups	ANOSIM R	p-value
OVA-induced allergic airway disease	M+	0.434	0.001*
	M−	0.394	0.001*
	M−/+	0.354	0.001*
	F+	0.243	0.002*
	F−	0.281	0.001*
	F−/+	0.31	0.001*

*Significant clustering, p < 0.05

F = Female

M = Male

(+) = fed vitamin D-supplemented diet throughout life

(−) = fed vitamin D-null diet throughout life

(−/+) = fed vitamin D-null diet until 8 weeks of age and then vitamin D-supplemented diet