Table 5 The number of detected metabolic pathways associated with the vaginal microbiome composition.

From: A fast kernel independence test for cluster-correlated data

Gaussian

\(\text {HSIC}_{mean}\)

\(\text {HSIC}_{cl}\)

\(\text {HSIC}_{new}\)

Arm 1

10

8

27

Arm 2

14

4

33

Arm 3

9

4

29

Bray–Curtis

\(\text {HSIC}_{mean}\)

\(\text {HSIC}_{cl}\)

\(\text {HSIC}_{new}\)

Arm 1

5

8

21

Arm 2

14

8

35

Arm 3

9

3

29