Shifts in taxonomic abundance between SLE and healthy controls (HC) (mean±SD)
| Taxonomy | SLE (%) | HC (%) | P value |
| Phylum | |||
| Proteobacteria | 13.26±21.77 | 2.65±3.56 | <0.001 |
| Firmicutes | 40.14±25.58 | 59.20±19.19 | <0.001 |
| Bacteroidetes | 42.69±25.26 | 35.75±18.58 | 0.018 |
| Actinobacteria | 2.25±3.49 | 1.26±3.28 | 0.002 |
| Family | |||
| Lachnospiraceae | 16.35±13.09 | 25.09±12.89 | <0.001 |
| Ruminococcaceae | 12.72±12.68 | 23.50±13.57 | <0.001 |
| Bacteroidaceae | 35.12±25.56 | 26.67±18.03 | 0.021 |
| Veillonellaceae | 2.63±5.42 | 5.68±9.30 | <0.001 |
| Streptococcaceae | 1.26±5.56 | 0.24±1.49 | <0.001 |
| Genus | |||
| Ruminococcus | 2.63±6.59 | 1.41±2.04 | 0.016 |
| Haemophilus | 0.15±0.53 | 0.17±0.59 | 0.035 |
| Faecalibacterium | 7.58±9.80 | 19.99±13.87 | <0.001 |
| Bacteroides | 38.75±26.96 | 30.61±19.8 | 0.016 |
| Clostridium IV | 0.17±0.40 | 0.27±0.51 | <0.001 |
| Klebsiella | 3.04±9.39 | 0.30±1.54 | 0.001 |
| Erysipelotrichaceae | 0.06±0.32 | 0.02±0.13 | <0.001 |
SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus.