Table 2. Patient characteristics and sequencing results: ≤ 9 month study.
| Sample ID | Sputum Induction | Age | FEV1 % Predicted |
FEV1/FVC | BMI | Farm Work (yrs) | OTUs^ | Chao1 Index* | Shannon Index* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2195-T1 | Baseline | 62 | 69 | 0.60 | ≥30 | 21 | 607 | 541.8 | 6.05 |
| 2195-T2 | 2 months | 585 | 564.8 | 6.04 | |||||
| 2150-T1 | Baseline | 53 | 59 | 0.67 | ≥30 | 14 | 472 | 565.1 | 5.18 |
| 2150-T2 | 6 months | 231 | 400.7 | 4.19 | |||||
| 2326-T1 | Baseline | 70 | 69 | 0.70 | ≥30 | 43 | 420 | 558.4 | 5.78 |
| 2326-T2 | 2 months | 620 | 604.2 | 6.58 | |||||
| 1053-T1 | Baseline | 59 | 53 | 0.71 | ≥30 | 49 | 481 | 484.5 | 6.01 |
| 1053-T2 | 9 months | 550 | 510.6 | 6.53 | |||||
| 1204-T1 | Baseline | 67 | 64 | 0.62 | ≥30 | 48 | 309 | 425.1 | 5.31 |
| 1204-T2 | 3 months | 225 | 283.0 | 5.24 | |||||
| 2397-T1 | Baseline | 61 | 74 | 0.68 | <25 | 20 | 473 | 558.1 | 6.05 |
| 2397-T2 | 4 months | 396 | 516.3 | 6.27 | |||||
| 2285-T1 | Baseline | 66 | 59 | 0.71 | ≥30 | 48 | 574 | 754.1 | 5.90 |
| 2285-T2 | 4 months | 447 | 493.6 | 5.23 |
Abbreviations and Definitions: FEV1, % predicted forced expiration volume in 1 second; FEV1/FVC, ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity (L); BMI, body mass index (kg/m2), OTU, Operational Taxonomic Units.
^Number of OTUs.
*Alpha diversity based on the evenly subsampled data (10,000 reads / sample)