Abundance of bacteria (in %) at different classification levels in diabetic patients with and without cardiovascular complications (CVCs, significant findings only).

Table 4: Abundance of bacteria (in %) at different classification levels in diabetic patients with and without cardiovascular complications (CVCs, significant findings only).

Level	Name	Patients without CVCs	Patients with CVCs	p^*
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Phylum	-
Class	-
Order	Coriobacteriales	0.13 ± 0.11	0.29 ± 0.25 £	0.001
Family	Coriobacteriaceae	0.12 ± 0.11	0.26 ± 0.25 £	0.005
Genus	Collinsella	0.11 ± 0.11	0.25 ± 0.24 £	0.004
Species	Collinsella aerofaciens	0.10 ± 0.11	0.23 ± 0.23 £	0.009

^*bold denotes p < 0.05; The arrows represent average differences; SD: Standard Deviation.