Table 1 Effect of the factor metadata on sample variability. Results of a PERMANOVA analysis computed on RPCA distances (see the “Materials and methods”)
Samples | Factor metadata | F-statistic | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
All (raw + PMA-treated) | Treatment | 1.28 | 0.309 (ns) |
Raw | Volunteer | 16.95 | 0.001*** |
Skin type | 1.72 | 0.13 (ns) | |
Body site | 1.26 | 0.25 (ns) | |
Sex | 14.3 | 0.001*** | |
PMA-treated | Volunteer | 5.19 | 0.001*** |
Skin type | 12.02 | 0.001*** | |
Body site | 4.9 | 0.001*** | |
Sex | 7.34 | 0.001*** |