TABLE 3.

Alpha diversity indices for vaginal microbiota.

Alpha diversity indices	Non-treated group (n = 50)			MHT group (n = 50)			P-values
	Median	Q1	Q3	Median	Q1	Q3
Shannon	0.99	0.59	1.46	0.02	0.01	0.52	< 0.005
Simpson	0.48	0.30	0.70	1.00	0.70	1.00	< 0.005
Ace	51.53	24.43	111.52	30.58	12.54	63.07	< 0.005
Chao	35.13	21.75	107.00	22.10	10.75	30.44	< 0.005
Coverage	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.109

P-values were obtained from Mann-Whitney U-test. Bold value means there exists significant statistical difference.