Table 3.
Short term effect of high-salt (4% in chow) diet followed by Amoxicillin treatment on alpha diversity.
| Alpha diversity indices | Groups | Significance (p-value) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD | CD + A | HSD | HSD + A | CD versus CD + A | CD versus HSD | HFD versus HSD + A | |
| OTUs | 6468.7 ± 568.6 | 4871.6 ± 678.5 | 7844.45 ± 1004.47 | 6606.76 ± 905.07 | 0.0013 | 0.0331 | NS |
| Chao1 | 8682.7 ± 42.69 | 7152.3 ± 74.4 | 10,901.16 ± 150.73 | 9541.055 ± 156.6 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 |
| Shannon | 6.99 ± 0.0132 | 5.63 ± 0.020 | 7.86 ± 0.029 | 5.93 ± 0.028 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 |
| Simpson | 0.933 ± 1.110 | 0.912 ± 0.00 | 0.968 ± 0.000 | 0.867 ± 0.000 | NS | NS | 0.0371 |
Values are expressed as the means ± SD. Data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA, followed by Bonferroni test, n = 6, p ≤ 0.05, NS = Not significant, CD: Standard—chow diet for 3 weeks; CD + A.: Standard—chow diet for 3 weeks and underwent Amoxicillin treatment in 3rd week; HSD: High-salt diet for 3 weeks; HFD + A.: High-salt diet for 3 weeks and underwent Amoxicillin treatment in 3rd week.