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Table 4.

Bacterial diversity comparison

	Healthy controls	UC				Pouch
	Healthy controls	Remission	Mild	Moderate	Severe	NP	Pouchitis
Healthy controls	-	0.298	0.006^a	0.001^a	0.000^a	0.000^a	0.000^a
Remission UC	0.298	-	0.113	0.020^a	0.000^a	0.014^a	0.003^a
Mild UC	0.006^a	0.113	-	0.404	0.019^a	0.007^a	0.125
Moderate UC	0.001^a	0.020^a	0.404	-	0.128	0.009^a	0.448
Severe UC	0.000^a	0.000^a	0.019^a	0.128	-	0.019^a	0.496
NP: PDAI < 7	0.000^a	0.014^a	0.007^a	0.009^a	0.019^a	-	0.034^a
Pouchitis: PDAI ≥ 7	0.000^a	0.003^a	0.005^a	0.448	0.496	0.034^a	-

P < 0.05. NP: No pouchitis; UC: Ulcerative colitis; Pouch: Ileal pouch established during ileal pouch-anal anastomosis surgery; pouchitis: Inflammation of ileal pouch; PDAI: Pouchitis Disease Activity Index.