Table 5:
The mean normalized abundance of phyla in control-period fecal samples (95% CI) compared to Post-OMM (95% CI; p-value of within-subject repeated measures ANOVA) with the percent change across sessions (p-values of Bonferroni pairwise comparison).
| Phylum | Mean Normalized Abundance | % Change (P-value) | Effect Size (d) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-OMM (95% CI) | Post-OMM (95% CI; p-value) | |||
| Actinobacteria | 61096 (42002, 88870) | 39496 (28285, 55150; p = .040)* | 2.2% (.001) | 0.845 |
| Bacteroidetes | 354826 (273992, 459508) | 305406 (262022, 355973; p = 1.000) | 10.2% (< .001) | 0.496 |
| Euryarchaeota | 40758 (18318, 90691) | 15862 (7899, 31852; p = .160) | 2.9% (< .001) | 0.712 |
| Fibrobacteres | 71 (43, 117) | 267.0 (127, 562; p = .080) | 0.0% (< .001) | 0.676 |
| Firmicutes | 480735 (415254, 556542) | 599474 (537265, 668886; p = .080) | 1.1% (< .001) | 1.274 |
| Lentisphaerae | 1803 (427, 7625) | 1639 (607, 4426; p = 1.000) | 0.2% (.130) | 0.047 |
| Proteobacteria | 26230 (20936, 32863) | 31048 (14733, 65428; p = 1.000) | 0.9% (.032) | 0.208 |
| Verrucomicrobia | 111313 (68898, 179840) | 28076 (13237, 59547; p = .024)* | 8.5% (< .001) | 0.675 |
| Synergistetes | 18047 (−9966, 46060) | 4851 (−2780, 12481; p = .175) | 1.3% (.175) | 0.675 |
| Deinococcus-Thermus | 0 (0, 0) | 5 (−7, 17; p = .363) | 0.0% (.363) | 0.577 |
| Fusobacteria | 4 (−6, 14) | 7 (−11, 26; p = .720) | 0.0% (.720) | 0.237 |
Effect size Cohen’s d categories were: ≤ 0.2 = small, ≤ 0.5 = moderate, ≥ 0.8 = large for the change in abundance of phyla.
p ≤ .050.