Table 2. Abundant microbial taxa of the faecal samples in the higher-level and the lower-level athletes after adjusting for confounders; only the p-values < 0.05 are shown.
| Taxon name | Median Abundance (%) | p-Value | FDR q Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher-level group | Lower-level group | |||
| Family | ||||
| Porphyromonadaceae | 4.411 | 1.989 | 0.008 | 0.395 |
| Veillonellaceae | 0.933 | 4.544 | 0.003 | 0.271 |
| Genus | ||||
| Parabacteroides | 2.301 | 0.84 | <0.001 | 0.063 |
| Phascolarctobacterium | 2.151 | 0.497 | 0.028 | 0.413 |
| Oscillibacter | 0.661 | 0.312 | 0.026 | 0.413 |
| Bilophila | 0.25 | 0.075 | 0.036 | 0.413 |
| Megasphaera | 0.008 | 0.069 | 0.04 | 0.413 |
Result of the GLMs for abundant microbial taxa based on the group factors (higher-level and lower-level group) and possible confounding factors (gender, age, BMI, and dietary habits) of 28 athletes
FDR, false discovery rate
FDR q Value was calculated in R using the p. adjust function [15].