Table 2 Alpha diversity at the genus and species levels.

From: Salivary dysbiosis in Sjögren’s syndrome and a commensal-mediated immunomodulatory effect of salivary gland epithelial cells

Taxonomic rank

Genus

Species

Indices

Good’s coverage

Richness

Chao1

ACE

Pielou

Shannon

Simpson

Good’s coverage

Richness

Chao1

ACE

Pielou

Shannon

Simpson

pSS patients

Mean

1.00

72.75

89.97

91.94

0.47

2.87

0.76

1.00

202.13

255.40

259.57

0.60

4.58

0.92

SD

0.00

28.16

55.81

58.58

0.08

0.45

0.06

0.00

64.76

136.36

151.47

0.07

0.58

0.03

Healthy controls

Mean

1.00

69.75

82.60

84.38

0.50

3.03

0.76

1.00

203.13

245.83

237.96

0.62

4.72

0.91

SD

0.00

16.02

24.10

25.04

0.08

0.51

0.08

0.00

43.54

65.07

61.56

0.06

0.52

0.05

p Value

0.874

0.741

0.652

0.658

0.419

0.451

0.987

0.989

0.964

0.816

0.621

0.575

0.546

0.756

  1. pSS primary Sjögren’s syndrome.
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