Alpha-diversity index | Disease | Sample type | ANOVA p-value | Cochran’s Q p-value | \(I^2\) statistic |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shannon | Asthma | BAL | 0.81 | 0.01 | \(85\%\) |
Sputum (induced) | 0.98 | \(< 0.01\) | \(92\%\) | ||
UA | – | \(<0.01\) | \(92\%\) | ||
All | 0.94 | \(< 0.01\) | \(87\%\) | ||
COPD | BAL | – | 0.02 | \(80\%\) | |
All | 0.59 | \(< 0.01\) | \(87 \%\) | ||
CF | Sputum | 0.04 | 0.07 | \(70\%\) | |
All | \(<0.01\) | 0.16 | \(48 \%\) | ||
NCFB | – | – | – | ||
All | 0.82 | \(< 0.01\) | \(86\%\) | ||
Chao1 | Asthma | UA | – | 0.03 | \(78\%\) |
All | 0.24 | 0.03 | \(65 \%\) | ||
COPD | – | – | – | ||
CF | – | – | – | ||
NCFB | – | – | – | ||
All | 0.09 | \(<0.01\) | \(68 \%\) | ||
Simpson | Asthma | All | 0.99 | 0.06 | \(71\%\) |
COPD | – | – | – | ||
CF | – | – | – | ||
NCFB | – | – | – | ||
All | 0.45 | 0.02 | \(59 \%\) |