Table 3.

Comparison microbiota composition among the groups by adonis test base on weighted UniFrac distance matrices.

Comparison	R2	FDR adjusted p Value / p value
HTC vs. HTN	0.034	0.078*
HHC vs. HHN	0.016	0.763
LHC vs. LHN	0.033	0.057*
HTC vs. HHC	0.102	0.002*
HTC vs. LHC	0.137	0.002*
LHC vs. HHC	0.078	0.005*
HHN vs. LHN	0.076	0.002*
HTN vs. LHN	0.088	0.002*
HTN vs. HHN	0.038	0.002*
Between	0.106	0.001#

R² value is percent of explain dispersion. *p < 0.05 and FDR < 0.08; ^#p < 0.05.

CAD coronary artery disease, QTP Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, HTC the Tibetan CAD patients residing at QTP, HTN the Tibetan healthy individuals residing at QTP, HHC the Han CAD patients residing at QTP, HHN the Han healthy individuals residing at QTP, LHC the Han CAD patients from sea level in southern China, LHC the Han healthy individuals from sea level in southern China.