Table 2.
Age-adjusted diversity indices.
| UTI | UUI | SUI | IC/PBS | Control | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of genera | 2.3 ± 0.1be | 5.1 ± 0.1acde | 2.3 ± 0.3be | 1.6 ± 0.3b | 1.3 ± 0.1abc |
| Pielou’s evenness* | 0.22 ± 0.02bc | 0.51 ± 0.02ae | 0.48 ± 0.05ae | 0.35 ± 0.06 | 0.23 ± 0.02bc |
| Shannon index | 0.16 ± 0.03bc | 0.77 ± 0.03acde | 0.39 ± 0.06abe | 0.33 ± 0.06b | 0.19 ± 0.02bc |
| Simpson index | 0.17 ± 0.02bcde | 0.47 ± 0.02a | 0.34 ± 0.05ade | 0.58 ± 0.05ac | 0.54 ± 0.02ac |
aDifferent from UTI; bdifferent from UUI; cdifferent from SUI; ddifferent from IC/PBS; edifferent from Control. *calculated among those with at least two genera.