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Table 4 Reliability for more bacterial taxa in the three-modality latent variable SEM measurement model (Sanger, 454_V1V3 and 454_V3V5), and its correlation to the latent variable

From: Comparative analysis of microbiome measurement platforms using latent variable structural equation modeling

 

Three-measurement modality model

Sanger

454_V1V3

454_V3V5

(A) Proteobacteria

   

Reliability

0.657

0.641

0.974

(95% CI)

(0.524, 0.793)

(0.529, 0.724)

(0.878, 1.000)

Correlation to the latent variable

0.811

0.801

0.987

(95% CI)

(0.724, 0.891)

(0.727, 0.851)

(0.937, 1.000)

(B) Firmicutes/Clostridia/Clostridiales/LachnoIV

   

Reliability

0.685

0.923

0.793

(95% CI)

(0.582, 0.804)

(0.837, 1.000)

(0.688, 0.903)

Correlation to the latent variable

0.827

0.961

0.890

(95% CI)

(0.763, 0.897)

(0.915, 1.000)

(0.829, 0.950)

(C) Actinobacteria

   

Reliability

0.582

0.854

0.882

(95% CI)

(0.424, 0.700)

(0.743, 0.942)

(0.765, 0.976)

Correlation to the latent variable

0.763

0.924

0.939

(95% CI)

(0.652, 0.837)

(0.862, 0.970)

(0.875, 0.988)

(D) Bacteroidetes

   

Reliability

0.684

0.828

0.980

(95% CI)

(0.323, 0.922)

(0.652, 1.000)

(0.941, 1.000)

Correlation to the latent variable

0.827

0.910

0.990

(95% CI)

(0.569, 0.960)

(0.808, 1.000)

(0.970, 1.000)

(E) Firmicutes/Bacilli

   

Reliability

0.698

0.953

0.959

(95% CI)

(0.553, 0.797)

(0.888, 1.000)

(0.913, 0.995)

Correlation to the latent variable

0.835

0.976

0.979

(95% CI)

(0.744, 0.893)

(0.942, 1.000)

(0.956, 0.998)

  1. The 95% confidence intervals are obtained using bootstrap resampling with 100 replications.