Table 3 Results from PERMANOVA-based omnibus test combining different distance metrics comparing the association between the vaginal microbiota and clinical variables.

From: Lactobacillus crispatus thrives in pregnancy hormonal milieu in a Nigerian patient cohort

Clinical variables

UniFrac

GUniFrac

WUniFrac

BC

Omnibus P-value

Progesterone level

0.426

0.162

0.171

0.001

0.001

Estradiol level

0.654

0.056

0.055

0.003

0.006

Pregnancy status (multigravid vs primigravid)

0.442

0.079

0.079

0.289

0.186

Age (women above 35 years vs women below 35 years)

0.137

0.332

0.319

0.914

0.302

Delivery mode (ceaserian section vs vaginal delivery)

0.435

0.26

0.253

0.180

0.377

  1. Significant p-values are depicted in bold face.