Fig. 6
From: The sputum microbiome associated with different sub-types of AECOPD in a Chinese cohort
Bacterial OTUs that differentiate frequent (yes, 2–3 times) vs non-frequent (no, 0–1 time) AECOPDs: Mean Decrease in Accuracy plot of the top 15 bacterial OTUs (a); Box plots of representative OTUs (b-g). AUCRF was performed to find bacteria that differentiate frequent (yes, 2–3 times) vs non-frequent (no, 0–1 time) in AECOPD patients. A: top 25 bacterial OTUs were listed based on Mean Decrease in Accuracy (MDA) from AUCRF; b-g: Box plots of relative abundance of representative OTUs, and the p values were calculated by using Wilcoxon test. AECOPD: acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. AECOPD frequency (0&1) (29 samples) and AECOPD frequency (2&3) (4 samples) based on the times having AECOPD in the past 1 year