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Table 8 Alpha diversity of vulvar bacterial communities by site

From: Comparative study of vulva and abdominal skin microbiota of healthy females with high and average BMI

Alpha diversity

Site

Mean

Standard Deviation

p-value

Shannon index

outer labia

4.39629

0.89511

0.01052

inner labia

3.78141

1.11852

 

Simpson’s index

outer labia

0.86943

0.10387

0.13750

inner labia

0.80964

0.18789

 
  1. p-values reported in Table 8 were calculated using the Kruskal-Wallis Test
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BMC Microbiology

ISSN: 1471-2180

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