Table 2.
Number of OTU (S), species richness (d), evenness (J'), and Shannon diversity index (H'), and comparisons of population subgroups stratified by racial background, genital location, and presence of infection.
| Group | Average | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | d | J' | H' (loge) | S | d | J' | H' (loge) | |
| Aboriginal | 36.85 | 4.06 | 0.46 | 1.44 | ||||
| Non-aboriginal | 41.46 | 4.57 | 0.44 | 1.41 | 0.930 | 0.940 | 0.269 | 0.780 |
| Placental | 35.36 | 3.89 | 0.46 | 1.43 | ||||
| Vaginal | 59.17 | 6.57 | 0.36 | 1.34 | 1.56 E-15 | 2.13 E-15 | 3.09 E-09 | 0.698 |
| Placental (A) | 35.72 | 3.93 | 0.46 | 1.43 | ||||
| Vaginal (A) | 58.78 | 6.53 | 0.36 | 1.34 | 1.37 E-08 | 1.47 E-08 | 0.003 | 0.768 |
| Placental (N-a) | 39.39 | 4.34 | 0.45 | 1.41 | ||||
| Vaginal (N-a) | 55.21 | 6.14 | 0.36 | 1.31 | 2.97 E-08 | 3.49 E-08 | 2.05 E-7 | 0.411 |
| Non-infection | 37.17 | 4.09 | 0.46 | 1.43 | ||||
| Infection | 34.91 | 3.84 | 0.44 | 1.37 | 0.153 | 0.149 | 0.025 | 0.003 |