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. 2022 Oct 19;10:175. doi: 10.1186/s40168-022-01362-4

Table 3.

Comparison of alpha diversity assessed by Faith’s phylogenetic diversity (PD) and Shannon’s non-phylogenetic diversity indexes for the different fungal and bacterial samples

Sarcoidosis vs controls Fungi Bacteria
OWa PBALa OWa PBALa LPSBa
Faith’s PD 0.047 0.03 0.35
Shannon 0.84 0.87 0.13 0.55 0.25

Numbers represent p values estimated from Kruskal-Wallis tests

aOral wash (OW), protected bronchoalveolar lavage (PBAL), left protected sterile brushes (LPSB)