Clades with significant case-control discrepancy in the SLE MWAS
| Microbe | Level | This study (Japanese, N=250) | Chen et al (Chinese, N=232) | |||
| Effect size | SE | Pmicrobe | Effect direction | Pmicrobe | ||
| Streptococcus anginosus | Species (L7) | 0.617 | 0.146 | 3.7×10–5 | Positive | 1.9×10–6 |
| Streptococcus intermedius | Species (L7) | 0.579 | 0.143 | 7.5×10–5 | Positive | 9.1×10–4 |
MWAS, metagenome-wide association study; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus.