Table 6:

Spearman’s rho correlations (p-value) of Pre-OMM control faecal sample microbiota to constipation and PD severity and symptoms scales. Measure of PD severity quantified by each UPDRS subscale: Part 1: Non-Motor Aspects of Experiences of Daily Living; Part 4: Motor Complications.

Phylum	UPDRS Total	H&Y	4.6	Mobility Gait and Posture	PAQ-QOL
Actinobacteria	−.270 (.604)	−.859 (.028)*	−.502 (.310)	−.464 (.354)	−.878 (.021)*
Bacteroidetes	−.243 (.643)	.347 (.501)	−.144 (.786)	−.106 (.842)	.867 (.025)*
Euryarchaeota	.895 (.016)*	.494 (.320)	.390 (.444)	.736 (.096)	−.128 (.810)
Fibrobacteres	.963 (.002)*	.523 (.287)	.441 (.381)	.789 (.062)	−.143 (.788)
Proteobacteria	.541 (.268)	−.246 (.638)	−.292 (.575)	.058 (.225)	−.426 (.400)
Synergistetes	.841 (.036)*	.452 (.368)	.385 (.451)	.704 (.118)	−.175 (.740)
Verrucomicrobia	.481 (.334)	.645 (.167)	.870 (.024)*	.834 (.039)*	−.129 (.807)
Firmicutes	−.155 (.769)	−.592 (.216)	−.180 (.734)	−.348 (.499)	−.678 (.139)

Abbreviations: UPDRS: Unified PD Rating Scale; PAC: Patient Assessment Constipation; SYM: Symptoms.

^*p ≤ .05;

^**p < .01.

UPDRS questions Mobility, Gait, and Posture {2.11 Getting out of bed, a car, or a deep chair (0 – 4); 2.12 Walking and balance (0 – 4); 2.13 Freezing (0 – 4); 3.3 Rigidity (0 – 4); 3.9 Arising from chair (0 – 4); 3.10 Gait (0 – 4); 3.11 Freezing of gait (0 – 4); 3.12 Postural stability (0 – 4); 3.13 Posture (0 – 4)); and 4.6 Painful off-state dystonia}.