Comparison of individual patient diagnoses given by the pulmonologists from the validation asthma/COPD service and diagnoses predicted with the decision tree
| Diagnosis by validation pulmonologist | Diagnosis predicted by decision tree | Total | Correct | |||
| ACOS | COPD | Asthma | Other# | |||
| ACOS | 59 | 151 | 35 | 2 | 247 (7.9) | 59 (23.9) |
| COPD | 53 | 459 | 37 | 6 | 555 (17.7) | 459 (82.7) |
| Asthma | 42 | 32 | 533 | 78 | 685 (21.8) | 533 (77.8) |
| Probable asthma | 11 | 7 | 580 | 238 | 836 (26.6) | 580 (69.4) |
| Other# | 10 | 59 | 336 | 413 | 818 (26.0) | 413 (50.5) |
| Total | 175 | 708 | 1521 | 737 | 3141 (100.0) | 2044 (65.1) |
Data are presented as n or n (%). ACOS: asthma–COPD overlap syndrome; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. #: “diagnosis unclear”, “indication of restriction” or “no disease”. Bold indicates diagnoses that were correctly predicted.