Examples of <i>S. pneumonia</i> showing the relationship between qLAMP and culture results (logistic regression) and cutoff determination based on competitive relationship (piece-wise linear regression).

<p>The horizontal axis displays the bacterial natural logarithmic titer in sputum sample. (A) Logistic regression curve (green line). Solid circles indicate patients; they are placed at the top of the chart when being test as positive and at the bottom of the chart when being tested as negative in the culture assays. The height and width of the bars display the frequency and the number of patients being tested positive in cultures, respectively. (B) Piecewise linear regression (black lines) of <i>S. pneumonia</i> in COPD patients. Open circles indicate patients; they are placed at the top of the chart when being PC (Pathogen Candidate) and at the bottom of the chart when NOT being PC.