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From: Alterations in skin microbiome mediated by radiotherapy and their potential roles in the prognosis of radiotherapy-induced dermatitis: a pilot study

Figure 2

Alpha diversity of cutaneous microbiome was represented by box plots of the following indices: (a) the number of observed species and (b) Chao1 index, and (c) Shannon diversity index. Study groups were plotted on the X-axis and alpha indices were plotted on the Y-axis. The median is defined by the line in each box, the interquartile range (IQR) between the 25th and 75th percentile were delimited by the box, and the range was represented by the whisker. Statistical significance of pairwise comparisons was defined using the nonparametric Wilcoxon rank-sum test. Only significant differences were displayed with either * (p < 0.05), ** (p < 0.01) or *** (p < 0.001)36.

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