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Table 3 Diversity statistics of pulmonary microbiomes with clinical findings

From: Impaired diversity of the lung microbiome predicts progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

 

Shannon diversity index

Simpson diversity index

 

ρ

p-value

ρ

p-value

vs FVC (L)

0.4280

0.0116 *

0.3757

0.0286 *

vs %FVC (%)

0.4948

0.0029 **

0.4154

0.0145 *

vs 6MWD (m)

0.3716

0.0332 *

0.3509

0.0452 *

vs SP-D (ng/ml)

− 0.4230

0.0127 *

− 0.4538

0.0070 **

vs LDH (IU/L)

−0.3283

0.0580

−0.3471

0.0443 *

  1. Spearman’s test. ρ: Spearman rank-correlation coefficient, *: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01