Exploring the Correlation between Changes in Gut Microbial Community Diversity and Depression in Human Populations

Table 4

Sequencing results and flora diversity index of samples from depression and healthy comparison group.

Group	OTU number^1	Shanno^2	Simpson^2	ACE^2	Chao 1^2	Coverage^2
MDD	356
HCs	248
value^3	-^4	.00096	.00207	.00385	.00331	.03290

¹The operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were defined with 97% similarity level. ²The coverage percentage, the richness estimators (ACE and Chao1), and diversity indices (Shannon and Simpson) were calculated using the Mothur program (v1.31.2), respectively. The data are expressed as . ³ values are based on Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test. ⁴No comparison between two groups.