Comprehensive analysis of the fecal microbiota of healthy Japanese adults reveals a new bacterial lineage associated with a phenotype characterized by a high frequency of bowel movements and a lean body type

Table 5 Statistical output for the cluster analysis

Statistics	Whole	Female	Male	Hokkaido	Tohoku	Kanto	Chubu	Kansai	Chugoku Shikoku	Kyushu
Cluster no. showing max CH score	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	2	2	3
Max CH score	328	183	208	21	30	186	32	33	44	60
Prediction strength	0.62	0.59	0.96	0.62	0.67	0.56	0.51	0.61	0.68	0.63
Silhouette index	0.20	0.20	0.34	0.32	0.36	0.21	0.20	0.16	0.36	0.20

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