Table 5. Association of skin microbiota composition (beta diversity) with key covariates (PERMANOVA; Bray–Curtis index).

The p-values are based on 99 permutations.

Factors	Df	R2	p-value
Geographical location	2	0.07	0.01**
Age group	2	0.03	0.24
Diet	1	0.01	0.55

Notes.

***

<0.001

**

<0.01

*

<0.05

ns

<0.1