Table 3 Gut microbial characteristics and allergic rhinitis.

From: Multiple nutritional and gut microbial factors associated with allergic rhinitis: the Hitachi Health Study

 

Allergic rhinitis (n = 186)

Control (n = 106)

P-value

Alpha-diversity

Number of OTUs observed

295.3 ± 98.9

304.3 ± 100.0

0.412

Chao 1

518.9 ± 206.0

548.4 ± 215.7

0.224

ACE

528.2 ± 217.2

557.1 ± 221.3

0.246

Shannon’s index

5.04 ± 0.64

5.07 ± 0.55

0.978

Genus-level relative abundance, %

Bacteroides

19.44 ± 11.28

18.17 ± 11.45

0.440

Prevotella

6.49 ± 13.99

11.72 ± 17.52

0.015

Blautia

11.20 ± 6.14

10.23 ± 6.65

0.070

Bifidobacterium

10.41 ± 10.53

7.97 ± 9.57

0.048

Fusicatenibacter

3.85 ± 3.56

4.15 ± 3.95

0.717

Faecalibacterium

3.49 ± 2.81

3.66 ± 3.25

0.951

Collinsella

4.47 ± 5.08

3.30 ± 3.27

0.072

Parabacteroides

2.35 ± 2.19

3.06 ± 3.79

0.156

Megamonas

2.38 ± 5.87

2.19 ± 5.65

0.859

Streptococcus

2.23 ± 4.67

2.08 ± 4.34

0.224

Anaerostipes

2.19 ± 2.52

1.75 ± 2.01

0.177

Roseburia

1.73 ± 2.44

1.61 ± 1.73

0.585

Lachnoclostridium

1.39 ± 1.40

1.58 ± 1.73

0.161

Holdemanella

1.31 ± 3.67

1.08 ± 2.35

0.103

Dorea

1.03 ± 0.82

0.95 ± 0.87

0.397

Fusobacterium

0.80 ± 2.69

0.94 ± 1.93

0.113

Faecalicatena

1.07 ± 1.33

0.89 ± 1.19

0.401

Eubacterium

0.61 ± 0.67

0.84 ± 1.22

0.505

Catenibacterium

0.57 ± 2.16

0.72 ± 2.13

0.310

Sutterella

0.62 ± 0.88

0.65 ± 0.74

0.168

Phascolarctobacterium

0.52 ± 0.66

0.65 ± 0.89

0.681

Megasphaera

0.46 ± 1.12

0.63 ± 1.51

0.729

Prevotellamassilia

0.20 ± 0.96

0.53 ± 2.22

0.250

Coprococcus

0.54 ± 1.09

0.51 ± 0.96

0.784

Lactobacillus

0.66 ± 1.50

0.48 ± 0.84

0.887

Faecalimonas

0.35 ± 0.83

0.43 ± 1.07

0.376

Anaerobutyricum

0.38 ± 0.42

0.42 ± 0.45

0.592

Mitsuokella

0.26 ± 1.09

0.40 ± 1.35

0.578

Erysipelatoclostridium

0.40 ± 0.75

0.37 ± 0.80

0.202

Veillonella

0.50 ± 1.48

0.37 ± 1.12

0.815

Dialister

0.30 ± 0.72

0.36 ± 0.83

0.802

Butyricicoccus

0.36 ± 0.27

0.36 ± 0.30

0.838

Alistipes

0.35 ± 0.44

0.32 ± 0.39

0.911

Clostridium

0.43 ± 2.72

0.30 ± 0.93

0.182

Paraprevotella

0.19 ± 0.44

0.28 ± 0.59

0.127

Romboutsia

0.33 ± 0.81

0.28 ± 0.45

0.905

Escherichia

0.62 ± 2.60

0.26 ± 1.21

0.001

Robinsoniella

0.38 ± 0.97

0.26 ± 0.56

0.590

Lachnospira

0.20 ± 0.46

0.24 ± 0.49

0.871

Parasutterella

0.27 ± 0.58

0.18 ± 0.41

0.133

  1. Values are shown as the mean ± standard deviation. P-values were calculated using the Wilcoxon rank sum test. No adjustments were made for statistical tests shown in this table. OTU indicates operational taxonomic unit.
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