Fig. 5

Identification of the discriminatory genera
(A) PCoA plots of uterine samples from the non-CE and CE patients. R software (version 3.3.1) was used for PCoA analysis and visualization
(B) Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) effect size analysis of the differentially abundant genera, which indicated their contribution to group differentiation. The green bars indicate that the genera were more abundant in the non-CE group, while the red bar indicates that the genus was more abundant in the CE group. LEfSe analysis was employed to confirm the significance of the LDA-selected genera, ensuring that only those with the strongest contribution to group separation were identified