Table 1 Characteristics of microbiomic datasets used in this study
From: A comprehensive evaluation of multicategory classification methods for microbiomic data
Dataset | Number of samples | Number of features (OTUs) | Number of classes | Classification task and samples per class | Max. prior probability of a class (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Costello Body Habitat (CBH) | 552 | 6,979 | 6 | Classify body habitats: Skin (357), Oral Cavity (46), External Auditory Canal (44), Hair (14), Nostril (46), Feces (45) | 64.7 |
Costello Subject (CS) | 140 | 2,543 | 7 | Classify 7 subjects by microbiota (20/20/20/20/20/20/20) | 14.3 |
Costello Skin Sites (CSS) | 357 | 4,793 | 12 | Classify skin sites: external nose (14), forehead (32), glans penis (8), labia minora (6), axilla (28), pinna (27), palm (64), palmar index finger (28), plantar foot (64), popliteal fossa (46), volar forearm (28), umbilicus (12) | 17.9 |
Fierer Subject (FS) | 104 | 1,217 | 3 | Classify 3 subjects by microbiota (40/33/31) | 38.5 |
Fierer Subject x Hand (FSH) | 98 | 1,217 | 6 | Classify by subject and left/right hand (20/18/17/14/16/13) | 20.4 |
Blaser Psoriasis (BP) | 151 | 13,503 | 3 | Classify as Control (49), Psoriasis Normal (51), Psoriasis Lesion (51) | 33.8 |
Pei Diagnosis (PDX) | 200 | 74,018 | 4 | Classify as Normal (28), Reflux Esophagitis (36), Barrett's Esophagus (84), Esophageal Adenocarcinoma (52) | 42.0 |
Pei Body Site (PBS) | 200 | 74,018 | 4 | Classify body site: Oral Cavity (51), Esophagus (51), Stomach (48), Stool (50) | 25.5 |