Table 6.
Diversity (at 35,000 sequences/sample) of participants at week 0, 6 and 12.
| Diversity Measure | Week 0 (n = 22) | Week 6 (n = 22) | Week 12 (n = 21) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Observed species | 250 (213–316) | 279 (232–306) | 241 (217–283) |
| Whole tree (PD) | 19 (17–23) | 21 (18–22) | 20 (17–22) |
| Shannon index | 5.1 (4.6–5.4) | 5.4 (4.7–5.8) | 5.0 (4.9–5.3) |
| Simpson’s diversity | 0.95 (0.91–0.96) | 0.96 (0.93–0.97) | 0.94 (0.93–0.95) |
| Chao index | 318 (257–377) | 367 (288–396) | 338 (307–389) |
Values presented as median and interquartile range (25th to 75th percentiles). Wilcoxon Signed Ranks tests were used to compare the diversity between times. There were no significant differences.