Table 2.

Difference in alpha diversity of gut microbiota composition among athletes and young adults.

	Athlete group	HPA group	LPA group
	(n = 22)	(n = 22)	(n = 22)
Alpha diversity
	mean ±SEM	mean ±SEM	mean ±SEM	p-value
sobs†	175.14 ± 12.50	165.27 ± 8.30	169.23 ± 10.29	0.934
chao†	202.94 ± 13.55	197.07 ± 9.56	200.53 ± 13.24	0.925
Ace†	207.91 ± 13.63	196.60 ± 9.16	194.87 ± 12.59	0.712
Shannon†	2.52 ± 0.16	2.60 ± 0.15	2.64 ± 0.14	0.924
Simpson†	0.20 ± 0.03	0.19 ± 0.03	0.19 ± 0.03	0.936
Coverage‡	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	0.744

HPA, high physical activity; LPA, low physical activity. SEM, Standard error of the mean.

^†Kruskal–Wallis test;

^‡One-way analysis of variance.