Table 4 Effect of weight-loss on bacterial diversity and difference in pre-diet diversity between weight-loss groups
From: The equine gastrointestinal microbiome: impacts of weight-loss
| Â | Pre-diet | Post-diet | P-value | High | Medium | Low | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inverse Simpson | 62.02 ± 47.66 | 27.03 ± 16.91 | < 0.01 | 28.31 ± 13.14 | 54.10 ± 21.77 | 103.65 ± 60.32 | 0.03 |
Shannon-Weiner | 5.46 ± 0.52 | 4.92 ± 0.54 | < 0.01 | 4.94 ± 0.28 | 5.55 ± 0.35 | 5.95 ± 0.29 | < 0.01 |
S.Obs | 1717.33 ± 222.51 | 1576.20 ± 153.13 | 0.04 | 1488.93 ± 106.99 | 1748.27 ± 156.16 | 1914.80 ± 149.37 | < 0.01 |
S.Chao1 | 2871.63 ± 401.75 | 2729.61 ± 324.73 | 0.37 | 2619.25 ± 279.27 | 2986.81 ± 552.08 | 3008.82 ± 249.78 | 0.24 |