| | |
Cluster 1
|
Cluster 2
|
Cluster 3
|
Cluster 4
|
Cluster 5
|
Cluster 6
|
P value
|
|---|
|
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%)
| |
- *The Chi-squared test was used to compare the proportion of samples in each category for HPV-negative versus HPV-positive women. p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
-
# The Kruskal-Wallis test was performed to compare the diversity indices, and p < 0.05 was interpreted to be statistically significant.
