“…A total of 38 studies 11–21,33,35,36,38–41,44–46,48,49,51–53,56,58–62,64–66,68–71,74,75,78,79,82,84 provided data for α‐diversity (Table 1), which was then assessed using eight indices, namely richness/evenness (Shannon [ n = 37, 3186 cases, and 3990 controls]), Chao1 [ n = 16, 1002 cases, and 1824 controls], Simpson [ n = 12, 488 cases, and 419 controls]), estimates of richness (observed species [ n = 10, 836 cases, and 813 controls], richness [ n = 7, 791 cases, and 1354 controls], faith phylogenetic diversity [PD, n = 6, 761 cases, and 1936 controls], evenness [Pielou, n = 6, 552 cases, and 185 controls]), and abundance coverage estimator (ACE; n = 4, 64 cases and 73 controls).…”