Table 4.

Summary of alpha diversity within each skin site

Site	Alpha diversity metrics	Healthy.mean	Healthy.std	PSON.mean	PSON.std	PSOL.mean	PSOL.std	p value (trend)
Scalp	Chao1	626.17	378.94	794.56	561.43	939.86*	617.36	0.06
Scalp	Observed OTU	335.72	217.12	407.84	287.03	478.3	297.17	0.07
Scalp	Shannon	3.18	1.5	3.38	1.68	3.77	1.59	0.26
Scalp	Simpson	0.68	0.21	0.68	0.21	0.74	0.17	0.47
Arm	Chao1	1024.07	438.77	1381.73	742.52	1255.45	680.35	0.19
Arm	Observed OTU	594.58	220.89	772.44	328.77	755.73	400.6	0.11
Arm	Shannon	4.43	1.42	5.44*	1.44	5.66**	1.54	0.007
Arm	Simpson	0.76	0.17	0.86*	0.14	0.89*	0.11	0.002
Leg	Chao1	1169.15	558.4	1351.63	780.77	1356.34	735.23	0.4
Leg	Observed OTU	687.62	300.84	764.07	359.84	763.3	364.11	0.37
Leg	Shannon	5.37	1.29	5.68	1.43	5.49	1.7	0.59
Leg	Simpson	0.89	0.08	0.89	0.11	0.86	0.17	0.54
Trunk	Chao1	880.93	506.25	950.95	537.29	1038.19	469.78	0.28
Trunk	Observed OTU	518.85	312.88	540.48	277.26	609.47	238.09	0.17
Trunk	Shannon	4.07	2.07	4.32	1.87	5.19	1.42	0.09
Trunk	Simpson	0.69	0.27	0.75	0.25	0.86	0.14	0.07
Axilla	Chao1	610.81	489.85	676.19	459.89	544.68	475.22	0.89
Axilla	Observed OTU	357.21	283.61	390.33	225.85	285.88	175.58	0.82
Axilla	Shannon	3.78	1.49	3.99	1.19	3.62	1.15	0.19
Axilla	Simpson	0.76	0.16	0.78	0.16	0.78	0.24	0.22
Gluteal fold	Chao1	956.62	572.91	855.25	354.03	953.51	412.17	0.78
Gluteal fold	Observed OTU	587.72	366.3	519.89	193.96	532.47	204.86	0.85
Gluteal fold	Shannon	5.01	1.38	5.04	1.23	5.12	1.36	0.91
Gluteal fold	Simpson	0.85	0.12	0.87	0.1	0.88	0.1	0.22

*p value < 0.05 compared to healthy, **p value < 0.01 compared to healthy