Research Article

Metabolomics in COPD Acute Respiratory Failure Requiring Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation

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PLS-DA score plots (a) and loading plots (b) of serum samples drawn from patients with stable COPD (red) or AECOPD (black). Each circle represents a serum sample. The two groups are well separated in the score plots. The loading plot shows how the profiled metabolites contribute to the separation seen in the scores. The model is not statistically significant (), but the fit is quite good (R2 = 0.948), as is the predictive value (Q2 = 0.654). This indicates that the model is overfit and suffers from a low sample size.
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