TABLE 3.
Results of permutational multivariate analysis of variance (Adonis) using weighted and unweighted UniFrac dissimilarity matrices using beta diversity values between Groups (PPG-PG), purification kit for DNA extraction employed, and Subject ID.
| Unweighted UniFrac |
Weighted UniFrac |
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| df | Sum Sq. | Mean Sq. | F-model | R 2 | Pr(> F) | df | Sum Sq. | Mean Sq. | F-model | R 2 | Pr(> F) | |
| Groups | 1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 17.1 | 0.1 | 0.001 | 1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 5.7 | 0.04 | 0.001 |
| Purification kit | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.006 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 0.01 | 0.04 |
| Subject ID | 22 | 6.4 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 0.001 | 22 | 24.5 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 0.6 | 0.001 |
| Residuals | 43 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 43 | 12.13 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||||
| Total | 67 | 11.2 | 1 | 67 | 38.8 | 1 | ||||||
Degrees of freedom (df) corresponds to one less than the number of values in the set of means. The p-values are derived from the F distribution and the significant level Pr(> F) < 0.05 are presented in bold.