TABLE 1.

Statistical analysis of associations between the population transcript accumulations for lasA, lasB, lasR, toxA, algD, and lasI during the chronic lung infections associated with CF^a

Comparison	P. aeruginosa and other species (n = 46)		P. aeruginosa onlya (n = 18)
	rsb	P	rs	P
lasR-lasI	0.763	<0.001	0.739	<0.001
lasB-lasI	0.696	<0.001	0.893	<0.001
lasA-lasI	0.661	<0.001	0.774	<0.001
toxA-lasI	0.674	<0.001	0.795	<0.001
algD-lasI	0.368	<0.02	0.313	<0.25

^aSamples contained equivalent numbers (10⁸ bacteria/ml) of P. aeruginosa and no other pathogenic strains.

^br_s, Spearman rank correlation coefficient.