2.3. Bioinformatics and Statistical Analysis
Categorical variables are reported as frequencies and relative frequencies (%) and continuous quantitative variables as mean ± standard deviation. The normal distribution of variables was tested with the Shapiro–Wilk test. For comparisons between categorical variables, the ΧTo analyze the stool data collected during the research, several steps were undertaken. Initially, the raw read counts, sample metadata, and taxonomy information files were meticulously formatted and utilized as input data within the MicrobiomeAnalyst platform [