Table 2 Discrimination results for the ATR FT-IR spectra of aged BFs (1 day to 8 months) and unexpected samples using the dichotomous classification tree followed by Q-tests for each BF group.

From: Soft and Robust Identification of Body Fluid Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometric Strategies for Forensic Analysis

Actual Body Fluid Type

Predicted Body Fluid Type

Blood

Saliva

Semen

Urine

Sweat

Outliera

Blood

1 day

100

0

0

0

0

0

1 week

100

0

0

0

0

0

1 month

100

0

0

0

0

0

3 months

98

0

0

0

0

2

8 months

98

0

0

0

0

2

Saliva

1 day

0

90

0

0

0

0

1 week

0

90

0

0

0

0

1 month

0

88

0

0

0

2

3 months

0

90

0

0

0

0

5 months

0

85

0

0

0

5

Semen

1 day

0

0

100

0

0

0

1 week

0

0

100

0

0

0

1 month

0

0

100

0

0

0

3 months

0

0

100

0

0

0

5 months

0

0

100

0

0

0

Urine

1 day

0

0

0

100

0

0

1 week

0

0

0

91

0

9

1 month

0

0

0

99

0

1

3 months

0

0

0

99

0

1

5 months

0

0

0

95

0

5

Sweat

1 day

0

0

0

0

75

0

1 week

0

0

0

0

75

0

1 month

0

0

0

0

73

2

3 months

0

0

0

0

66

9

5 months

0

0

0

0

52

23

Non-BF

0

0

0

0

0

70

  1. aQ-tests for each BF group were implemented with a statistical significance level of 99.995%.