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Table 3 Comparison of the lung microbiomes of mice with OVA-induced allergic airway disease with analysis of similarity (ANOSIM) examining the effects of sex or dietary vitamin D

From: Vitamin D and allergic airway disease shape the murine lung microbiome in a sex-specific manner

Factor

Groups compared

ANOSIM R

p-value

Sex

F+ vs M+

0.149

0.009*

F− vs M−

0.067

0.137

F−/+ vs M−/+

−0.001

0.481

Vitamin D

M+ vs M−

0.008

0.418

M+ vs M−/+

0.028

0.228

M−/+ vs M−

0.076

0.115

F+ vs F−

0.057

0.141

F+ vs F−/+

0.039

0.219

F−/+ vs F−

0.055

0.178

  1. *Significant clustering, p < 0.05
  2. F = Female
  3. M = Male
  4. (+) = fed vitamin D-supplemented diet throughout life
  5. (−) = fed vitamin D-null diet throughout life
  6. (−/+) = fed vitamin D-null diet until 8 weeks of age and then vitamin D-supplemented diet