Table 2 Association between enterotypes and various other factors from the questionnaire
From: Diversity and enterotype in gut bacterial community of adults in Taiwan
| Â | Enterotype | Association | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Type 1 (n = 30) | Type 2 (n = 36) | Type 3 (n = 40) | Contrast | p-value | χ 2 |
Gender (global p = 0.047) |  |  |  | Type 1 vs Type 2 | 0.0336 | 4.52 |
 male | 17 (56.7%) | 10 (27.2%) | 19 (47.5%) | Type 1 vs Type 3 | 0.6046 | 0.27 |
 female | 13 (43.3%) | 26 (72.2%) | 21 (52.5%) | Type 2 vs Type 3 | 0.1258 | 2.34 |
Type 2 vs (Type 1 + Type 3)a | 0.0200 | 5.41 | ||||
Protein (global p = 0.015) |  |  |  | Type 1 vs Type 2 | 0.0290 | 4.77 |
 non-red-meat | 8 (32.0%) | 15 (68.2%) | 18 (66.7%) | Type 1 vs Type 3 | 0.0264 | 4.93 |
 red-meat | 17 (68.0%) | 7 (31.8%) | 9 (33.3%) | Type 2 vs Type 3 | 1 | 0.01 |
Type 1 vs. (Type 2 + Type 3)a | 0.0081 | 7.00 | ||||
Shape (global p = 0.014) |  |  |  | Type 1 vs Type 2 | 0.6133 | 0.98 |
 Hard | 10 (41.7%) | 11 (55.0%) | 3 (11.1%) | Type 1 vs Type 3 | 0.0356 | 6.67 |
 Mid | 8 (33.3%) | 6 (30.0%) | 11 (40.7%) | Type 2 vs Type 3 | 0.0320 | 11.51 |
 Watery | 6 (25.0%) | 3 (15.0%) | 13 (48.1%) | (Type 1 + Type 2) vs Type 3a | 0.0038 | 11.15 |
Stool (global p = 0.064) |  |  |  | Type 1 vs Type 2 | 0.0384 | 6.52 |
 D1+ | 17 (58.6%) | 30 (83.3%) | 30 (81.1%) | Type 1 vs Type 3 | 0.0711 | 6.29 |
 D05 | 11 (37.9%) | 4 (11.1%) | 5 (13.5%) | Type 2 vs Type 3 | 0.9525 | 0.10 |
 Constipation | 1 (3.4%) | 2 (5.6%) | 2 (5.4%) | Type 1 vs (Type 2 + Type 3)a | 0.0133 | 8.64 |