Table 2.

Alpha diversity indices between both groups.

Alpha diversity	Healthy control	MI patients	p
ACE index	1566.6001 ± 362	1777.8631 ± 217	0.0093**
Chao1 index	1215.2772 ± 223	1319.0905 ± 106	0.028*
PD index	81.3174 ± 20	97.387 ± 12.06	0.0006**
Shannon index	8.0363 ± 0.3	7.4868 ± 1.19	0.0199*
Simpson index	0.9899 ± 0.003	0.965 ± 0.12	0.2866

Alpha diversity showed significant differences between both groups that are denoted with (1*) and (2**). (*) indicates significance and (**) shows strong significance. ACE, abundance-based coverage estimators; PD, phylogenetic diversity.