Table 3.
Alpha-biodiversity indices of bacterial assemblages in human faecal samples collected from the healthy subjects and patients with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS)
| Index | PPMS | Healthy | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richnessa | 163 | 129 | 0.03 |
| Chao1 | 231 | 177 | 0.10 |
| Berger-Parker | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.03 |
| Simpson | 0.95 | 0.94 | 0.11 |
| Dominance | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.11 |
| Buzas-Gibson | 0.020 | 0.015 | 0.12 |
| Equitability | 0.75 | 0.73 | 0.22 |
| Jost | 28 | 22 | 0.11 |
| Shannon | 3.8 | 3.6 | 0.14 |
| Robbins | 0.35 | 0.31 | 0.12 |
| Flyvbjerg | 165 | 117 | 0.05 |
| Mirror | 272 | 219 | 0.04 |
a Rows with significant (P ≤ 0.05) differences between the values are highlighted in bold