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Table 1.

Microbial community richness and diversity indices of 16S rRNA sequences for clustering at 97% sequence similarity from 43 different preschool children

Sample name	Target reads	OTUs	ACE	Chao	Jackknife	NPShannon	Shannon	Simpson	Phy. diversity	Good’s coverage of library (%)
Control_1_1	69,780	259	297.5	284.07	307.00	3.15	3.14	0.10	409	99.93
Control_2_1	61,784	162	193.0	187.62	199.00	2.83	2.83	0.10	281	99.94
Control_3_1	53,552	236	281.7	269.60	285.00	3.22	3.21	0.09	388	99.91
Control_4_1	60,470	377	451.9	429.68	455.00	4.08	4.07	0.03	569	99.87
Control_5_1	50,717	360	406.9	386.52	421.00	3.88	3.87	0.04	556	99.88
Control_6_1	52,779	256	302.6	289.15	308.00	3.25	3.25	0.09	414	99.90
Control_7_1	49,700	327	375.9	370.98	389.06	3.95	3.94	0.03	518	99.88
Control_8_1	48,105	303	361.1	343.20	370.00	3.67	3.66	0.04	471	99.86
Control_9_1	51,099	259	311.1	298.33	319.00	3.33	3.32	0.07	416	99.88
Control_10_1	65,091	301	350.9	334.73	359.00	3.45	3.44	0.07	464	99.91
Control_11_1	51,644	360	414.7	400.68	428.00	3.61	3.60	0.05	572	99.87
Control_12_1	52,558	216	277.6	269.00	273.13	3.26	3.25	0.08	371	99.90
Control_13_1	57,434	320	371.4	352.00	385.00	3.71	3.70	0.04	472	99.89
Control_14_1	50,603	243	271.3	261.57	283.00	3.08	3.08	0.08	347	99.92
Control_15_1	55,417	325	388.3	380.86	397.82	3.60	3.60	0.07	531	99.88
Control_16_1	45,546	296	351.0	341.03	355.76	4.08	4.07	0.02	491	99.87
Control_17_1	49,059	331	411.1	389.52	411.61	3.58	3.57	0.05	540	99.84
Control_18_1	49,636	376	435.9	425.29	446.17	4.15	4.15	0.03	590	99.86
Control_19_1	56,985	189	221.0	208.50	228.00	2.88	2.87	0.09	310	99.93
Control_20_1	50,416	218	255.0	241.92	260.00	3.14	3.13	0.10	370	99.92
Control_21_1	53,712	316	356.6	342.55	372.00	3.56	3.55	0.06	449	99.90
Control_22_1	52,163	451	517.9	494.01	536.00	3.92	3.91	0.05	656	99.84
Control_23_1	52,515	219	244.9	231.75	253.00	3.29	3.29	0.07	346	99.94
Control_24_1	56,110	393	445.2	433.45	462.00	4.03	4.02	0.03	579	99.88
Control_25_1	47,746	365	448.0	422.15	449.10	3.55	3.54	0.06	583	99.82
Control_26_1	58,904	421	492.6	473.21	507.00	3.95	3.94	0.04	652	99.85
Obese_27_1	60,744	232	272.4	263.53	276.00	2.99	2.98	0.13	389	99.93
Obese_28_1	42,660	162	186.9	177.54	192.00	2.70	2.69	0.12	265	99.93
Obese_29_1	59,831	203	234.1	222.59	240.00	2.85	2.85	0.11	318	99.94
Obese_30_1	49,395	418	504.0	473.56	511.00	4.11	4.10	0.03	632	99.81
Obese_31_1	58,618	261	299.6	284.06	310.00	3.38	3.37	0.07	414	99.92
Obese_32_1	45,830	286	330.7	312.52	338.00	3.56	3.55	0.05	451	99.89
Obese_33_1	56,615	186	233.2	217.36	232.00	2.70	2.69	0.11	312	99.92
Obese_34_1	56,719	381	441.3	420.76	450.00	4.19	4.18	0.03	588	99.88
Obese_35_1	43,701	385	448.0	439.81	461.73	4.08	4.07	0.04	613	99.83
Obese_36_1	46,505	343	401.1	394.12	415.27	3.75	3.74	0.05	543	99.85
Obese_37_1	53,604	286	328.4	317.32	339.00	3.14	3.13	0.09	446	99.90
Obese_38_1	46,660	252	300.2	283.57	304.00	3.48	3.47	0.05	405	99.89
Obese_39_1	55,664	220	282.4	269.68	279.45	2.93	2.92	0.09	349	99.90
Obese_40_1	59,483	160	218.8	197.63	203.96	2.67	2.67	0.13	277	99.93
Obese_41_1	50,994	189	227.5	216.44	228.00	3.09	3.09	0.09	307	99.92
Obese_42_1	54,983	343	411.6	383.43	416.00	3.40	3.39	0.09	505	99.87
Obese_43_1	46,898	182	214.8	199.00	216.00	2.87	2.87	0.11	298	99.93

ACE: alpha diversity index; Chao: chao1 index; Phy. diversity: phylogenetic diversity

Declarations

Acknowledgments

The authors thank the participants in this research, their contribution in our study gave the results of this research. Also, we like to thank the Saudi Digital Library (SDL) for access to the publications for free.

Author contributions

SMAJ: Investigation, Writing—original draft. EAAJ: Conceptualization, Investigation. YAAG: Validation, Conceptualization. AAAJ: Writing—review & editing, Supervision. All authors read and approved the submitted version.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

The Ethics Committee of Institutional Review Board of Ministry of Health approved the study protocols (approval number: A01436) on September 11, 2022.

Consent to participate

The informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants, including parents and/or guardians.

Consent to publication

Not applicable.

Availability of data and materials

The datasets of parents’ survey for this study can be found in the questionnaire of the health and nutritional condition of children (https://forms.gle/47aFU3wrdAJLzQ4B6). Data of parents’ consent statement is available upon request.

Funding

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