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The Adenoids but Not the Palatine Tonsils Serve as a Reservoir for Bacteria Associated with Secretory Otitis Media in Small Children.

mSystems · 2019 · PMC6372837 · PMID 30801022

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borderline significanceP = 0.046actually significant
However, PERMANOVA of the thetaYC distances revealed borderline significance ( P = 0.046) for the results of comparisons of the bacterial structures in the adenoids of the SOM group and the HP group but no difference between the bacterial community structures of the tonsil samples from the SOM group and HP group ( P = 0.091).

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of borderline significanceno p-value reported
In addition, 8 of the 30 most abundant OTUs were significantly more abundant in one of the two groups, supporting the idea of borderline significance found by the PERMANOVA of the thetaYC distances between the two groups.

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