failed to reach statistical significancep = 5.671e-08
5 , 17 As expected based on published literature, 18 controls had a higher number of species than cases, although saliva species failed to reach statistical significance (151 and 38 species identified in plasma, Chi square X 2 = 29.473, p = 5.671e-08; 145 and 64 species found in serum, Chi square X 2 = 15.338, p = 8.988e-05; 90 and 44 species found in saliva, Chi square X 2 = 1.6647e-27, p = 1).