Results
No significant difference was observed in α-diversity between the two
groups. However, β-diversity analysis revealed significant differences
between groups using both Bray-Curtis and weighted UniFrac methods
(Adjusted p-value=0.015 and 0.044, respectively). Significant
differential abundance between groups, with higher relative abundance in
the MDI group compared to the DPI group, was detected at the family
level [Carnobacteriaceae (Adjusted p=0.033)] and at the genus level
[Granulicatella (Adjusted p=0.021) and Aggregatibacter (Adjusted p=0.011)].