Figure 5.
OPLS-DA analysis of positive mode data from the ToF-SIMS analysis of 3 human lung samples per group (healthy donor and COPD (GOLD IV)) with n = 3 replicates per sample. (a) Score plot of the ToF-SIMS data showing distinctive separation between healthy donors’ (Green dots) and COPD (GOLD IV) (Blue dots) samples. This model explains 85% of the variation in the data set (R2X cumulative) with predictive power of 0.83% (Q2 cumulative). (b) Corresponding loading plot representing the m/z peaks with strong impact on the separation between the two groups.