Correlation between copy number variations of arm-level result and selected clinical features
Liver Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Primary solid tumor)
23 May 2013  |  analyses__2013_05_23
Maintainer Information
Citation Information
Maintained by TCGA GDAC Team (Broad Institute/MD Anderson Cancer Center/Harvard Medical School)
Cite as Broad Institute TCGA Genome Data Analysis Center (2013): Correlation between copy number variations of arm-level result and selected clinical features. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. doi:10.7908/C1WM1BG4
Overview
Introduction

This pipeline computes the correlation between significant arm-level copy number variations (cnvs) and selected clinical features.

Summary

Testing the association between copy number variation 66 arm-level results and 8 clinical features across 72 patients, 2 significant findings detected with Q value < 0.25.

  • 3p gain cnv correlated to 'NEOPLASM.DISEASESTAGE'.

  • 3q gain cnv correlated to 'NEOPLASM.DISEASESTAGE'.

Results
Overview of the results

Table 1.  Get Full Table Overview of the association between significant copy number variation of 66 arm-level results and 8 clinical features. Shown in the table are P values (Q values). Thresholded by Q value < 0.25, 2 significant findings detected.

Clinical
Features
Time
to
Death
AGE GENDER DISTANT
METASTASIS
LYMPH
NODE
METASTASIS
COMPLETENESS
OF
RESECTION
TUMOR
STAGECODE
NEOPLASM
DISEASESTAGE
nCNV (%) nWild-Type logrank test t-test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test t-test Chi-square test
3p gain 0 (0%) 69 0.87
(1.00)
0.0359
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.0217
(1.00)
0.591
(1.00)
0.000537
(0.242)
3q gain 0 (0%) 69 0.87
(1.00)
0.0359
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.0217
(1.00)
0.591
(1.00)
0.000537
(0.242)
1p gain 0 (0%) 64 0.507
(1.00)
0.0942
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.202
(1.00)
0.117
(1.00)
0.0654
(1.00)
0.0514
(1.00)
1q gain 0 (0%) 33 0.995
(1.00)
0.886
(1.00)
0.225
(1.00)
0.525
(1.00)
0.439
(1.00)
0.956
(1.00)
0.228
(1.00)
2p gain 0 (0%) 64 0.349
(1.00)
0.077
(1.00)
0.116
(1.00)
0.487
(1.00)
0.316
(1.00)
0.147
(1.00)
0.866
(1.00)
2q gain 0 (0%) 65 0.483
(1.00)
0.163
(1.00)
0.045
(1.00)
0.706
(1.00)
0.478
(1.00)
0.437
(1.00)
0.866
(1.00)
4p gain 0 (0%) 66 0.786
(1.00)
0.117
(1.00)
0.412
(1.00)
0.685
(1.00)
0.689
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.866
(1.00)
5p gain 0 (0%) 50 0.387
(1.00)
0.236
(1.00)
0.794
(1.00)
0.718
(1.00)
0.853
(1.00)
0.821
(1.00)
0.915
(1.00)
5q gain 0 (0%) 56 0.442
(1.00)
0.368
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.616
(1.00)
0.734
(1.00)
6p gain 0 (0%) 59 0.127
(1.00)
0.84
(1.00)
0.521
(1.00)
0.263
(1.00)
0.6
(1.00)
0.0566
(1.00)
0.402
(1.00)
6q gain 0 (0%) 63 0.0769
(1.00)
0.298
(1.00)
0.482
(1.00)
0.169
(1.00)
0.75
(1.00)
0.0352
(1.00)
0.225
(1.00)
7p gain 0 (0%) 54 0.772
(1.00)
0.636
(1.00)
0.394
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.828
(1.00)
0.793
(1.00)
0.955
(1.00)
7q gain 0 (0%) 53 0.415
(1.00)
0.561
(1.00)
0.575
(1.00)
0.552
(1.00)
0.677
(1.00)
0.793
(1.00)
0.895
(1.00)
8p gain 0 (0%) 61 0.268
(1.00)
0.758
(1.00)
0.309
(1.00)
0.179
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.088
(1.00)
0.164
(1.00)
8q gain 0 (0%) 38 0.614
(1.00)
0.528
(1.00)
0.46
(1.00)
0.525
(1.00)
0.436
(1.00)
0.839
(1.00)
0.697
(1.00)
9p gain 0 (0%) 69 0.935
(1.00)
0.275
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.591
(1.00)
0.938
(1.00)
9q gain 0 (0%) 69 0.935
(1.00)
0.275
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.591
(1.00)
0.938
(1.00)
10p gain 0 (0%) 66 0.0729
(1.00)
0.864
(1.00)
0.412
(1.00)
0.158
(1.00)
0.141
(1.00)
0.501
(1.00)
0.813
(1.00)
12q gain 0 (0%) 69 0.999
(1.00)
0.275
(1.00)
0.565
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.591
(1.00)
0.975
(1.00)
15q gain 0 (0%) 67 0.511
(1.00)
0.263
(1.00)
0.334
(1.00)
0.367
(1.00)
0.215
(1.00)
0.781
(1.00)
0.421
(1.00)
16p gain 0 (0%) 69 0.00316
(1.00)
0.123
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.275
(1.00)
0.246
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
17p gain 0 (0%) 69 0.288
(1.00)
0.643
(1.00)
0.275
(1.00)
0.0714
(1.00)
0.0655
(1.00)
0.591
(1.00)
17q gain 0 (0%) 55 0.112
(1.00)
0.524
(1.00)
0.568
(1.00)
0.533
(1.00)
0.394
(1.00)
0.793
(1.00)
0.792
(1.00)
18p gain 0 (0%) 69 0.87
(1.00)
0.172
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.565
(1.00)
0.568
(1.00)
0.591
(1.00)
0.521
(1.00)
18q gain 0 (0%) 68 0.522
(1.00)
0.45
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.336
(1.00)
0.348
(1.00)
0.7
(1.00)
0.354
(1.00)
19p gain 0 (0%) 67 0.431
(1.00)
0.649
(1.00)
0.0463
(1.00)
0.68
(1.00)
0.658
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.66
(1.00)
19q gain 0 (0%) 65 0.572
(1.00)
0.888
(1.00)
0.045
(1.00)
0.706
(1.00)
0.478
(1.00)
0.552
(1.00)
0.602
(1.00)
20p gain 0 (0%) 59 0.0785
(1.00)
0.235
(1.00)
0.353
(1.00)
0.791
(1.00)
0.337
(1.00)
0.0886
(1.00)
0.719
(1.00)
20q gain 0 (0%) 58 0.139
(1.00)
0.173
(1.00)
0.539
(1.00)
0.806
(1.00)
0.461
(1.00)
0.0284
(1.00)
0.597
(1.00)
21q gain 0 (0%) 68 0.415
(1.00)
0.631
(1.00)
0.117
(1.00)
0.613
(1.00)
0.602
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.6
(1.00)
22q gain 0 (0%) 64 0.134
(1.00)
0.318
(1.00)
0.436
(1.00)
0.741
(1.00)
0.054
(1.00)
0.844
(1.00)
0.0334
(1.00)
Xq gain 0 (0%) 68 0.123
(1.00)
0.0956
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.147
(1.00)
0.602
(1.00)
0.7
(1.00)
0.594
(1.00)
1p loss 0 (0%) 59 0.908
(1.00)
0.719
(1.00)
0.353
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.21
(1.00)
0.558
(1.00)
0.235
(1.00)
1q loss 0 (0%) 67 0.851
(1.00)
0.514
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.68
(1.00)
0.0423
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.00708
(1.00)
2p loss 0 (0%) 69 0.275
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.591
(1.00)
0.885
(1.00)
2q loss 0 (0%) 68 0.00352
(1.00)
0.606
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.188
(1.00)
0.992
(1.00)
3p loss 0 (0%) 65 0.866
(1.00)
0.455
(1.00)
0.688
(1.00)
0.472
(1.00)
0.699
(1.00)
0.844
(1.00)
0.526
(1.00)
3q loss 0 (0%) 69 0.674
(1.00)
0.314
(1.00)
0.275
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
4p loss 0 (0%) 63 0.257
(1.00)
0.967
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.886
(1.00)
4q loss 0 (0%) 57 0.504
(1.00)
0.911
(1.00)
0.553
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.915
(1.00)
0.624
(1.00)
5q loss 0 (0%) 68 0.00285
(1.00)
0.952
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.613
(1.00)
0.602
(1.00)
0.29
(1.00)
0.938
(1.00)
6q loss 0 (0%) 60 0.428
(1.00)
0.712
(1.00)
0.741
(1.00)
0.783
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.39
(1.00)
0.988
(1.00)
7p loss 0 (0%) 67 0.523
(1.00)
0.768
(1.00)
0.0463
(1.00)
0.68
(1.00)
0.658
(1.00)
0.781
(1.00)
0.0208
(1.00)
7q loss 0 (0%) 65 0.656
(1.00)
0.538
(1.00)
0.227
(1.00)
0.472
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.3
(1.00)
0.176
(1.00)
8p loss 0 (0%) 42 0.252
(1.00)
0.0495
(1.00)
0.218
(1.00)
0.772
(1.00)
0.231
(1.00)
0.949
(1.00)
0.417
(1.00)
8q loss 0 (0%) 67 0.394
(1.00)
0.721
(1.00)
0.334
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.658
(1.00)
0.399
(1.00)
0.112
(1.00)
9p loss 0 (0%) 55 0.937
(1.00)
0.742
(1.00)
0.773
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.666
(1.00)
0.519
(1.00)
0.587
(1.00)
9q loss 0 (0%) 57 0.646
(1.00)
0.829
(1.00)
0.553
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.573
(1.00)
0.69
(1.00)
10p loss 0 (0%) 69 0.574
(1.00)
0.026
(1.00)
0.547
(1.00)
0.275
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.182
(1.00)
10q loss 0 (0%) 59 0.237
(1.00)
0.578
(1.00)
0.757
(1.00)
0.791
(1.00)
0.6
(1.00)
0.33
(1.00)
0.641
(1.00)
11p loss 0 (0%) 66 0.643
(1.00)
0.276
(1.00)
0.412
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.41
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.354
(1.00)
11q loss 0 (0%) 64 0.618
(1.00)
0.33
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.741
(1.00)
0.724
(1.00)
0.03
(1.00)
0.526
(1.00)
12p loss 0 (0%) 67 0.25
(1.00)
0.757
(1.00)
0.334
(1.00)
0.225
(1.00)
0.0945
(1.00)
0.781
(1.00)
0.018
(1.00)
12q loss 0 (0%) 69 0.411
(1.00)
0.599
(1.00)
0.275
(1.00)
0.565
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.885
(1.00)
13q loss 0 (0%) 48 0.397
(1.00)
0.138
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.215
(1.00)
0.729
(1.00)
0.203
(1.00)
0.13
(1.00)
14q loss 0 (0%) 48 0.563
(1.00)
0.662
(1.00)
0.795
(1.00)
0.618
(1.00)
0.311
(1.00)
0.706
(1.00)
0.197
(1.00)
15q loss 0 (0%) 64 0.803
(1.00)
0.414
(1.00)
0.705
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.844
(1.00)
0.763
(1.00)
16p loss 0 (0%) 57 0.84
(1.00)
0.631
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.204
(1.00)
0.153
(1.00)
0.00976
(1.00)
0.039
(1.00)
16q loss 0 (0%) 49 0.891
(1.00)
0.415
(1.00)
0.606
(1.00)
0.124
(1.00)
0.366
(1.00)
0.17
(1.00)
0.343
(1.00)
17p loss 0 (0%) 42 0.247
(1.00)
0.321
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.028
(1.00)
0.0507
(1.00)
0.406
(1.00)
0.629
(1.00)
17q loss 0 (0%) 69 0.818
(1.00)
0.0104
(1.00)
0.275
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
18p loss 0 (0%) 64 0.00678
(1.00)
0.124
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.741
(1.00)
0.316
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.917
(1.00)
18q loss 0 (0%) 62 0.0875
(1.00)
0.0802
(1.00)
0.73
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.273
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.899
(1.00)
19p loss 0 (0%) 67 0.33
(1.00)
0.305
(1.00)
0.156
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.269
(1.00)
0.849
(1.00)
21q loss 0 (0%) 62 0.0284
(1.00)
0.9
(1.00)
0.012
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.3
(1.00)
0.534
(1.00)
22q loss 0 (0%) 63 0.484
(1.00)
0.591
(1.00)
0.0565
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.508
(1.00)
0.0521
(1.00)
0.51
(1.00)
'3p gain' versus 'NEOPLASM.DISEASESTAGE'

P value = 0.000537 (Chi-square test), Q value = 0.24

Table S1.  Gene #5: '3p gain' versus Clinical Feature #8: 'NEOPLASM.DISEASESTAGE'

nPatients STAGE I STAGE II STAGE IIIA STAGE IIIB STAGE IIIC STAGE IVB
ALL 29 12 16 4 1 1
3P GAIN CNV 2 0 0 0 1 0
3P GAIN WILD-TYPE 27 12 16 4 0 1

Figure S1.  Get High-res Image Gene #5: '3p gain' versus Clinical Feature #8: 'NEOPLASM.DISEASESTAGE'

'3q gain' versus 'NEOPLASM.DISEASESTAGE'

P value = 0.000537 (Chi-square test), Q value = 0.24

Table S2.  Gene #6: '3q gain' versus Clinical Feature #8: 'NEOPLASM.DISEASESTAGE'

nPatients STAGE I STAGE II STAGE IIIA STAGE IIIB STAGE IIIC STAGE IVB
ALL 29 12 16 4 1 1
3Q GAIN CNV 2 0 0 0 1 0
3Q GAIN WILD-TYPE 27 12 16 4 0 1

Figure S2.  Get High-res Image Gene #6: '3q gain' versus Clinical Feature #8: 'NEOPLASM.DISEASESTAGE'

Methods & Data
Input
  • Mutation data file = broad_values_by_arm.mutsig.cluster.txt

  • Clinical data file = LIHC-TP.clin.merged.picked.txt

  • Number of patients = 72

  • Number of significantly arm-level cnvs = 66

  • Number of selected clinical features = 8

  • Exclude genes that fewer than K tumors have mutations, K = 3

Survival analysis

For survival clinical features, the Kaplan-Meier survival curves of tumors with and without gene mutations were plotted and the statistical significance P values were estimated by logrank test (Bland and Altman 2004) using the 'survdiff' function in R

Student's t-test analysis

For continuous numerical clinical features, two-tailed Student's t test with unequal variance (Lehmann and Romano 2005) was applied to compare the clinical values between tumors with and without gene mutations using 't.test' function in R

Fisher's exact test

For binary or multi-class clinical features (nominal or ordinal), two-tailed Fisher's exact tests (Fisher 1922) were used to estimate the P values using the 'fisher.test' function in R

Chi-square test

For multi-class clinical features (nominal or ordinal), Chi-square tests (Greenwood and Nikulin 1996) were used to estimate the P values using the 'chisq.test' function in R

Q value calculation

For multiple hypothesis correction, Q value is the False Discovery Rate (FDR) analogue of the P value (Benjamini and Hochberg 1995), defined as the minimum FDR at which the test may be called significant. We used the 'Benjamini and Hochberg' method of 'p.adjust' function in R to convert P values into Q values.

Download Results

This is an experimental feature. The full results of the analysis summarized in this report can be downloaded from the TCGA Data Coordination Center.

References
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