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Table 4 Largest p values for any genus in each data set for a likelihood ratio test between Brownian motion without drift, and an OU process

From: Application of OU processes to modelling temporal dynamics of the human microbiome, and calculating optimal sampling schemes

(a) Moving picture

Person

Gut

Tongue

Right palm

Left palm

1

0.0064

< 0.0002

< 0.0002

< 0.0002

2

< 0.0002

0.0018

0.002

< 0.0002

Person 1 pairwise log ratio

< 0.0002

< 0.0002

0.0002

< 0.0002

Person 2 pairwise log ratio

< 0.0002

< 0.0002

0.0684

< 0.0002

(b) David et al.

 

Subject A

Subject B

Log proportion

0.0002

0.001

Pairwise log ratio

0.0006

0.0054

  1. These p values were calculated using a simulation of 5000 values from the null distribution (Brownian motion without drift)