Table 2

Averaged clustering results derived by bootstrapping for the classification of breath samples by the presence of airway pathogens

Mean observed consistency (SE)
Time point (n)Cluster predicted
Cluster known−ve+ve
T1 (46)−ve97.80% (2.53%)2.20%
+ve2.13%97.87% (2.68%)
p Value<0.001
T2 (26)−ve98.14% (3.11%)1.86%
+ve3.09%96.91% (3.03%)
p Value<0.001
T3 (17)−ve95.45% (6.89%)4.55%
+ve8.32%91.68% (7.03%)
p Value<0.001
T4 (10)−ve86.67% (9.93%)13.33%
+ve4.86%95.14% (9.88%)
p Value0.045
T5 (8)−ve88.45% (12.33%)11.55%
+ve28.57%71.43% (13.35%)
p Value0.051