Table 3.

Comparison of the lung microbiomes of mice with OVA-induced allergic airway disease with analysis of similarity (ANOSIM) examining the effects of sex or dietary vitamin D

Factor	Groups compared	ANOSIM R	p-value
Sex	F+ vs M+	0.149	0.009*
	F− vs M−	0.067	0.137
	F−/+ vs M−/+	−0.001	0.481
Vitamin D	M+ vs M−	0.008	0.418
	M+ vs M−/+	0.028	0.228
	M−/+ vs M−	0.076	0.115
	F+ vs F−	0.057	0.141
	F+ vs F−/+	0.039	0.219
	F−/+ vs F−	0.055	0.178

*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