Fig. 2
From: Oral health and plaque microbial profile in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Comparison of dental plaque microbial profile between juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and healthy control groups. a Microbial diversity reflected by rarefraction measure of observed operational taxonomic units (OTUs) indicating trend towards higher plaque microbial diversity in JIA group (blue) compared to healthy control children (red) (p = 0.5); b Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) showing microbial clustering of the two groups (p = 0.46). The first two components (Principal coordinate axis 1 and 2, PC1 and PC)) explain a total of 45.86% of the variation (first component, 25.19%, second component, 20.67%); c Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) through the LefSe tool. Enriched microbial communities between the two groups with a two log-fold difference or greater are shown in the LEfSe plot. d Bacteria genera found to be significantly different between the polyarticular JIA and healthy control groups.*p-value < 0.05