Table 2.

Comparison of top 15 genera between the URT and LRT in MPP patients

Genus	q-value	Nemenyi post hoc test p-value		Relative abundance %
	Kruskal test of 3 sites	NP-lung	OP-lung	lung	NP	OP
Staphylococcus	<0.001	<0.001	0.276	12.26	62.28	10.71
Corynebacterium	0.005	0.008	0.871	0.43	1.28	2.11
Streptococcus	<0.001	0.257	<0.001	6.13	9.74	31.32
Mycoplasma	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	28.64	1.96	0.60
Acinetobacter	0.684	0.977	0.823	3.44	1.02	5.57
Actinomyces	<0.001	0.026	<0.001	0.44	0.73	8.41
Ralstonia	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.03	7.13	1.16
Prevotella	<0.001	0.937	<0.001	0.43	0.42	6.82
Veillonella	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.19	0.86	6.25
Haemophilus	0.007	0.014	0.969	4.92	0.56	1.17
Bacillus	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	5.52	0.14	0.13
Rothia	<0.001	0.018	<0.001	0.39	0.54	3.27
Atopobium	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.02	0.31	2.40
Neisseria	0.009	0.726	0.090	1.09	0.16	1.33
Buchnera	0.496	0.566	1.000	0.09	2.37	0.07

p < 0.05 or q < 0.05 are shown in bold