Table 2.
Relative abundance of fungal species (ITS1 classification) comparing HCHS/SOL participants by region of birth
| Country of birth | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuba | Dominican Republic | Puerto Rico | Mexico | South America | Central America | Mainland USA | |
| Aspergillus proliferans, abundance | 0.218 | 0.189 | 0.228 | 0.188 | 0.163 | 0.202 | 0.126 |
| Ratio versus mainland USA | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 | |
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae, abundance | 0.318 | 0.234 | 0.322 | 0.271 | 0.294 | 0.277 | 0.413 |
| Ratio versus mainland USA | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
| Candida albicans, abundance | 0.069 | 0.202 | 0.118 | 0.100 | 0.100 | 0.115 | 0.113 |
| Ratio versus mainland USA | 0.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | |
| Candida sake, abundance | 0.059 | 0.058 | 0.045 | 0.053 | 0.071 | 0.052 | ~ 0.001 |
| Ratio versus mainland USA | 70.2 | 69.4 | 53.7 | 63.3 | 84.3 | 61.8 | |
| Debaryomyces hansenii, abundance | 0.034 | 0.027 | 0.014 | 0.039 | 0.023 | 0.029 | 0.048 |
| Ratio versus mainland USA | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | |
| Candida tropicalis, abundance | 0.031 | 0.011 | 0.010 | 0.013 | 0.018 | 0.034 | 0.006 |
| Ratio versus mainland USA | 5.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 6.2 | |
| Wallemia muriae, abundance | 0.049 | 0.043 | 0.052 | 0.044 | 0.038 | 0.042 | 0.066 |
| Ratio versus mainland USA | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
| Candida glabrata, abundance | 0.027 | 0.012 | 0.036 | 0.020 | 0.016 | 0.013 | < 0.001 |
| Ratio versus mainland USA | 78.4 | 35.0 | 107.0 | 59.6 | 46.5 | 39.1 | |
| Cyberlindnera jadinii, abundance | 0.006 | 0.002 | 0.018 | 0.026 | 0.013 | 0.020 | 0.058 |
| Ratio versus mainland USA | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
| Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, abundance | 0.011 | 0.008 | 0.014 | 0.023 | 0.020 | 0.033 | < 0.0001 |
| Ratio versus mainland USA | 1055.7 | 795.9 | 1378.5 | 2314.3 | 2047.8 | 3290.0 | |