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. 2018 Sep 28;8:14511. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-32730-6

Table 2.

Comparisons of relative abundance of gut bacteria between the obesity and control groups at the level of Phylum.

Phylum Obesity (Q1, Q3) Obesity IQR Control (Q1, Q3) Control IQR P-value FDR
Phylum show higher relative abundance in control group than in obesity group
Candidatus_Saccharibacteria 0.0037 (0 × 10−4 to 0.005 × 10−3) 0.005 0.072 (0.006 × 10−4 to 0.241 × 10−3) 0.235 0.000 0.000
Actinobacteria 0.138 (0.055 × 10−4 to 0.421 × 10−3) 0.366 0.841 (0.162 × 10−4 to 2.491 × 10−3) 2.329 0.000 0.000
Firmicutes 29.236 (21.179 × 10−4 to 40.813 × 10−3) 19.633 44.275 (30.884 × 10−4 to 67.032 × 10−3) 36.148 0.001 0.003
Verrucomicrobia 0 (0 × 10−4 to 0 × 10−3) 0.000 0 (0 × 10−4 to 0.04 × 10−3) 0.040 0.006 0.016
Phylum shows higher relative abundance in obesity group than in control group
Bacteroidetes 63.607 (55.231, 75.166) 19.935 50.072 (24.965, 63.261) 38.296 0.000 0.000
Phylum show no difference in relative abundance between obesity and control groups
Proteobacteria 2.313 (1.183, 5.314) 4.131 1.362 (0.227, 3.295) 3.068 0.051 0.119
Unclassified 0.0479 (0.025, 0.092) 0.067 0.0710 (0.023, 0.418) 0.395 0.061 0.122
Armatimonadetes 0 (0, 0) 0.000 0 (0, 0) 0.000 0.328 0.447
Deinococcus_Thermus 0 (0, 0) 0.000 0 (0, 0) 0.000 0.328 0.447
Fusobacteria 0 (0, 0.012) 0.012 0 (0, 0.004) 0.004 0.351 0.447
Tenericutes 0 (0, 0) 0.000 0 (0, 0) 0.000 0.328 0.447
Lentisphaerae 0 (0, 0) 0.000 0 (0, 0) 0.000 0.612 0.659
Synergistetes 0 (0, 0) 0.000 0 (0, 0) 0.000 0.587 0.659
Cyanobacteria_Chloroplast 0 (0, 0) 0.000 0 (0, 0) 0.000 0.706 0.706

Data are present as median (Q1, Q3) and interquartile range (IQR = Q3–Q1).