Table 1 Multi Response Permutation Procedure (MRPP) analysis. The A value greater than zero indicates that the dissimilarities among groups is greater than the dissimilarities within the group; the larger the Expect delta is, the greater the dissimilarities among groups are; the p value of less than 0.05 means a significant difference.

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group

A

Observe delta

Expect delta

p value

SYBH-JZB

0.1341

0.7608

0.8785

0.002

SYBH-NWP

0.1859

0.6943

0.8528

0.001

JZB-NWP

0.1411

0.5957

0.6936

0.002