highly significantp < 0.001
Using Bray–Curtis distance metrics, the differences in microbial community composition were highly significant ( p < 0.001).
Using Bray–Curtis distance metrics, the differences in microbial community composition were highly significant ( p < 0.001).
In contrast, the median relative abundance of Bifidobacterium was higher in PMS patients (1.98% [IQR: 0.98–6.38] than in controls (1.22% [IQR: 0.85–2.53]), although in this case the differences did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.3). 3.3.