Table 5.

Summary of alpha diversity according to skin type

Skin type	Metrics	Healthy.mean	Healthy.std	PSON.mean	PSON.std	PSOL.mean	PSOL.std	p value (trend)
Dry	Chao1	1024.72	517.09	1229.61	723.2	1240.76	669.61	0.05
Dry	Observed OTU	600.35	289.53	693.21	341.44	721.15	355.91	0.02
Dry	Shannon	4.62	1.72	5.15	1.7	5.47	1.59	0.004
Dry	Simpson	0.78	0.21	0.83	0.19	0.87	0.15	0.001
Moist	Chao1	807.29	565.2	770.99	416.98	811.31	476.72	0.89
Moist	Observed OTU	488.18	352.14	458.92	219.32	446.7	227.79	0.86
Moist	Shannon	4.48	1.55	4.55	1.32	4.6	1.48	0.5
Moist	Simpson	0.81	0.15	0.83	0.14	0.85	0.17	0.25

Dry = arm, leg, trunk; moist = axilla, gluteal fold