Table 2 Comparison of the number of bands, Shannon–Weiner diversity index and the proportion of samples in each cluster

Number of bands

2.00 ± 1.414

9.69 ± 6.223

6.36 ± 3.054

6.17 ± 1.329

4.13 ± 2.187

1.32 ± 0.478

<0.001*

Shannon–Weiner index

0.55 ± 0.777

2.07 ± 0.717

1.75 ± 0.469

1.80 ± 0.214

1.23 ± 0.293

0.22 ± 0.331

<0.001^#

Group

HPV-negative

1 (50.0%)

4 (30.8%)

1 (7.1%)

2 (33.3%)

13 (81.3%)

17 (89.5%)

HPV-positive

1 (50.0%)

9 (69.2%)

13 (92.9%)

4 (66.7%)

3 (18.7%)

2 (10.5%)

<0.001*

Total

2 (2.9%)

13 (18.6%)

14 (20.0%)

6 (8.6%)

16 (22.9%)

19 (27.1%)