Journal: Heliyon
Article Title: Microbial dysbiosis in oral squamous cell carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13198
Figure Lengend Snippet: The changes in the composition of the microbiome in patients with OSCC compared with those of healthy controls. (A) Heatmap analyses at the phylum level; forest plots of the relative abundance of bacterial genera using random-effects models, including (B) Fusobacterium , (C) Prevotella , (D) Streptococcus , (E) Haemophilus , and (F) Neisseria . The squares and horizontal lines represent the value of SMD and 95% CIs, respectively. The size of square boxes is proportional to each study’s weight in the meta-analysis. The diamond represents the combined value of SMD and corresponding 95% CIs. Effect value (combined value of SMD) > 0 indicates the genus has a higher relative abundance in OSCC, and vice versa.
Article Snippet: To analyse the differences of the relative abundance of bacteria phyla between groups, the rising or decreasing trend was qualitatively assessed using heatmap analyses in GraphPad Prism 9.
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