Table 3.

Alpha Diversity Index (Mean ± SD) of “Ideal Skin” (W1), “Normal Skin” (W2) and “Undesirable Skin” (W3)

Microbiota	α-Diversity Index	Ideal Skin (W1)	Normal Skin (W2)	Undesirable Skin (W3)	P-value
Bacteria	Shannon	1.50±0.74	1.59±1.10	1.05±0.80	0.004**
	Chao	274.80±163.31	443.80±488.50	446.96±542.39	0.265
	Sob	221.71±126.63	355±446.34	306.59±418.44	0.057
	Ace	287.77±171.51	476.29±502.29	546.41±566.33	0.058
	Simpson	0.49±0.22	0.46±0.22	0.63±0.23	0.005**
	Coverage	0.998±0.0017	0.997±0.0037	0.996±0.0056	0.757
Fungi	Shannon	3.37±0.50	3.15±0.61	3.17±0.46	0.97
	Chao	156.23±71.56	160.70±64.78	153.22±55.08	0.982
	Sob	133.32±63.34	135.65±59.66	128.64±54.51	0.873
	Ace	169.51±78.75	165.99±66.81	161.84±59.63	0.890
	Simpson	0.077±0.05	0.12±0.08	0.10±0.06	0.463
	Coverage	0.99950±0.0003	0.99951±0.0001	0.99948±0.0001	0.500

Note: **P < 0 0.01.