Bacterial Community Profile of the Gut Microbiota Differs between Hypercholesterolemic Subjects and Controls

Table 2

Shannon-Weaver, Simpson, and Richness indexes of bacterial community profiles from hypercholesterolemic subjects and controls.

Index	Cases	Controls	p value
Shannon-Weaver	1.80 ± 0.43	2.07 ± 0.43	0.019
Simpson	6.23 ± 2,92	7.02 ± 2.62	0.025
Richness	7.10 ± 3.24	9.41 ± 3.15	0.009