Table 1..
Characteristics of the cohort.
Table 2..
The alpha diversity of the skin microbiota in each group.
Fig 1.
Statistical analysis of the p values of the differences in alpha diversity between groups.
Oe, elderly eczema sites; Oh, elderly health sites; OEex, elderly eczema exposed sites; OEun, elderly eczema unexposed sites; OHex, elderly healthy exposed sites; OHun, elderly healthy unexposed sites; Eo, older group eczema sites; Ey, younger group eczema sites.
Fig 2.
The beta diversity of the skin microbiota between groups.
Oe, elderly eczema sites; Oh, elderly health sites; OEex, elderly eczema exposed sites; OEun, elderly eczema unexposed sites; OHex, elderly healthy exposed sites; OHun, elderly healthy unexposed sites; Eo, older group eczema sites; Ey, younger group eczema sites.
Fig 3.
Comparison of the skin microbiota composition at the phylum level between groups.
A, Oe vs Oh; B, OEex vs OEun; C, OHex vs OHun; D and E: Eo vs Ey. Oe, elderly eczema sites; Oh, elderly health sites; OEex, elderly eczema exposed sites; OEun, elderly eczema unexposed sites; OHex, elderly healthy exposed sites; OHun, elderly healthy unexposed sites; Eo, older group eczema sites; Ey, younger group eczema sites.
Fig 4.
Comparison of the skin microbiota composition at the genus level between groups.
A and B: Oe vs Oh; C and D: OEex vs OEun; E and F: OHex vs OHun; G and H: Eo vs Ey. Oe, elderly eczema sites; Oh, elderly health sites; OEex, elderly eczema exposed sites; OEun, elderly eczema unexposed sites; OHex, elderly healthy exposed sites; OHun, elderly healthy unexposed sites; Eo, older group eczema sites; Ey, younger group eczema sites.
Fig 5.
Spearman correlation analysis.
A, The correlation between the skin microbiota at the genus level and the EASI score. B, The correlation between bacteria at the genus level.
Fig 6.
Comparison of the predicted functions of the skin microbiota between groups.
A, Oe vs Oh; B, OEex vs OEun; C, Eo vs Ey, D, OHex vs OHun. Oe, elderly eczema sites; Oh, elderly health sites; OEex, elderly eczema exposed sites; OEun, elderly eczema unexposed sites; OHex, elderly healthy exposed sites; OHun, elderly healthy unexposed sites; Eo, older group eczema sites; Ey, younger group eczema sites.