Table 1

Summary of significant correlations^*

Correlate 1	Correlate 2	Pearson correlation coefficient (r)	Significance (p)	n
Significant patient-specific pairwise correlations
Clinical: clinical correlations
FEV₁	Temperature	0.539	0.047	14
FEV₆	No. CFPEs	−0.573	0.032	14
No. CFPEs	Age	−0.533	0.05	14
Genotype	Age	0.652	0.012	14
PRO sum	Gender	0.758	0.002^*	14
BMI	Nebulised colomycin	0.621	0.018	14
Clinical: microbiological correlations
FEV₆	Rank abundance slope	−0.602	0.023	14
FEV₆	Species number	0.549	0.042	14
Microbiological: microbiological correlations
Pseudomonas aeruginosa T-RF %	Rank abundance slope	−0.763	0.002^*	14
P aeruginosa T-RF %	Species number	−0.763	0.002^*	14
P aeruginosa T-RF %	Bray-curtis similarity	−0.715	0.004	14
Species number	Rank abundance slope	−0.711	0.004	14
Significant patient independent pairwise correlations across all samples
FEV₁	Species number	0.771	0.0001	168
FEV₆	Species number	0.748	0.0001	168
FEV₁	Rank abundance slope	−0.672	0.0001	168
FEV₆	Rank abundance slope	−0.712	0.0001	168
FEV₁	P aeruginosa T-RF %	−0.706	0.0001	168
FEV₆	P aeruginosa T-RF %	−0.691	0.0001	168

↵* Correlations for which p<0.05 after Bonferroni correction.
BMI, body mass index; CFPE, cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbation; FEV₁, forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FEV₆, forced expiratory volume in 6 s; PRO, patient-reported outcome; T-RF, terminal restriction fragment.