TABLE 5.
Results from PERMANOVA-based Omnibus test combining different distance metrics comparing the association between the vaginal microbiota and steroid hormones adjusting for preterm birth status
Hormone level | UniFrac | GUniFrac | WUniFrac | BC | Omnibus P value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progesterone levela | 0.533 | 0.163 | 0.147 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
Estradiol levela | 0.743 | 0.355 | 0.287 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
Square root transformed.