Table 2.

Microbial diversity measures

Disease status	Control	SCZ	BPD	ALS
N	49	48	48	47
Alpha diversity, mean (SD)	1.77 (0.74)	2.50 (0.79)	1.55 (0.66)	1.65 (0.86)
Beta diversity, mean (SD)	0.43 (0.21)	0.50 (0.14)	0.31 (0.17)	0.38 (0.22)
Gamma diversity (per group)	20	23	18	16