Correlation between gene mutation status and selected clinical features
Brain Lower Grade Glioma (Primary solid tumor)
23 September 2013  |  analyses__2013_09_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 gene mutation status and selected clinical features. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. doi:10.7908/C18C9TJV
Overview
Introduction

This pipeline computes the correlation between significantly recurrent gene mutations and selected clinical features.

Summary

Testing the association between mutation status of 18 genes and 6 clinical features across 210 patients, 9 significant findings detected with Q value < 0.25.

  • ATRX mutation correlated to 'AGE' and 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • IDH1 mutation correlated to 'Time to Death'.

  • TP53 mutation correlated to 'AGE',  'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE', and 'RADIATIONS.RADIATION.REGIMENINDICATION'.

  • CIC mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • FUBP1 mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • NOTCH1 mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

Results
Overview of the results

Table 1.  Get Full Table Overview of the association between mutation status of 18 genes and 6 clinical features. Shown in the table are P values (Q values). Thresholded by Q value < 0.25, 9 significant findings detected.

Clinical
Features
Time
to
Death
AGE GENDER KARNOFSKY
PERFORMANCE
SCORE
HISTOLOGICAL
TYPE
RADIATIONS
RADIATION
REGIMENINDICATION
nMutated (%) nWild-Type logrank test t-test Fisher's exact test t-test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test
TP53 109 (52%) 101 0.149
(1.00)
9.69e-07
(9.79e-05)
0.211
(1.00)
0.461
(1.00)
2.41e-06
(0.000241)
0.00202
(0.19)
ATRX 91 (43%) 119 0.108
(1.00)
5.4e-06
(0.000535)
0.483
(1.00)
0.423
(1.00)
0.000209
(0.02)
0.0341
(1.00)
IDH1 158 (75%) 52 1.76e-05
(0.00173)
0.0117
(1.00)
0.00992
(0.893)
0.539
(1.00)
0.00454
(0.422)
0.419
(1.00)
CIC 38 (18%) 172 0.0549
(1.00)
0.703
(1.00)
0.718
(1.00)
0.573
(1.00)
8.82e-08
(9e-06)
0.364
(1.00)
FUBP1 21 (10%) 189 0.697
(1.00)
0.0107
(0.956)
1
(1.00)
0.72
(1.00)
0.000712
(0.0676)
1
(1.00)
NOTCH1 18 (9%) 192 0.834
(1.00)
0.0152
(1.00)
0.328
(1.00)
0.125
(1.00)
0.000119
(0.0116)
0.809
(1.00)
IL32 8 (4%) 202 0.539
(1.00)
0.555
(1.00)
0.732
(1.00)
0.191
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.022
(1.00)
IDH2 8 (4%) 202 0.48
(1.00)
0.124
(1.00)
0.732
(1.00)
0.265
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
PIK3CA 19 (9%) 191 0.872
(1.00)
0.458
(1.00)
0.631
(1.00)
0.346
(1.00)
0.104
(1.00)
0.808
(1.00)
PIK3R1 13 (6%) 197 0.2
(1.00)
0.125
(1.00)
0.397
(1.00)
0.662
(1.00)
0.254
(1.00)
0.778
(1.00)
PTEN 12 (6%) 198 0.158
(1.00)
0.0123
(1.00)
0.373
(1.00)
0.268
(1.00)
0.00517
(0.471)
1
(1.00)
CREBZF 4 (2%) 206 0.686
(1.00)
0.217
(1.00)
0.321
(1.00)
0.288
(1.00)
0.469
(1.00)
0.641
(1.00)
PCDHAC2 14 (7%) 196 0.148
(1.00)
0.302
(1.00)
0.162
(1.00)
0.273
(1.00)
0.0382
(1.00)
0.00501
(0.461)
NOX4 5 (2%) 205 0.457
(1.00)
0.491
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.736
(1.00)
0.652
(1.00)
ZNF57 6 (3%) 204 0.239
(1.00)
0.767
(1.00)
0.408
(1.00)
0.212
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
EIF1AX 3 (1%) 207 0.385
(1.00)
0.774
(1.00)
0.258
(1.00)
0.118
(1.00)
0.573
(1.00)
DCP1B 4 (2%) 206 0.666
(1.00)
0.0509
(1.00)
0.633
(1.00)
0.687
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
NAB2 4 (2%) 206 0.441
(1.00)
0.532
(1.00)
0.321
(1.00)
0.0673
(1.00)
0.641
(1.00)
'ATRX MUTATION STATUS' versus 'AGE'

P value = 5.4e-06 (t-test), Q value = 0.00053

Table S1.  Gene #2: 'ATRX MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

nPatients Mean (Std.Dev)
ALL 210 43.0 (13.3)
ATRX MUTATED 91 38.3 (12.0)
ATRX WILD-TYPE 119 46.5 (13.3)

Figure S1.  Get High-res Image Gene #2: 'ATRX MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

'ATRX MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 0.000209 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 0.02

Table S2.  Gene #2: 'ATRX MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ASTROCYTOMA OLIGOASTROCYTOMA OLIGODENDROGLIOMA
ALL 65 57 87
ATRX MUTATED 30 36 25
ATRX WILD-TYPE 35 21 62

Figure S2.  Get High-res Image Gene #2: 'ATRX MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'IDH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'Time to Death'

P value = 1.76e-05 (logrank test), Q value = 0.0017

Table S3.  Gene #4: 'IDH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #1: 'Time to Death'

nPatients nDeath Duration Range (Median), Month
ALL 210 53 0.0 - 211.2 (15.0)
IDH1 MUTATED 158 33 0.0 - 182.3 (17.4)
IDH1 WILD-TYPE 52 20 0.1 - 211.2 (10.0)

Figure S3.  Get High-res Image Gene #4: 'IDH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #1: 'Time to Death'

'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'AGE'

P value = 9.69e-07 (t-test), Q value = 9.8e-05

Table S4.  Gene #5: 'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

nPatients Mean (Std.Dev)
ALL 210 43.0 (13.3)
TP53 MUTATED 109 38.7 (11.8)
TP53 WILD-TYPE 101 47.6 (13.5)

Figure S4.  Get High-res Image Gene #5: 'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 2.41e-06 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 0.00024

Table S5.  Gene #5: 'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ASTROCYTOMA OLIGOASTROCYTOMA OLIGODENDROGLIOMA
ALL 65 57 87
TP53 MUTATED 42 39 27
TP53 WILD-TYPE 23 18 60

Figure S5.  Get High-res Image Gene #5: 'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'RADIATIONS.RADIATION.REGIMENINDICATION'

P value = 0.00202 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 0.19

Table S6.  Gene #5: 'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #6: 'RADIATIONS.RADIATION.REGIMENINDICATION'

nPatients NO YES
ALL 88 122
TP53 MUTATED 57 52
TP53 WILD-TYPE 31 70

Figure S6.  Get High-res Image Gene #5: 'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #6: 'RADIATIONS.RADIATION.REGIMENINDICATION'

'CIC MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 8.82e-08 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 9e-06

Table S7.  Gene #6: 'CIC MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ASTROCYTOMA OLIGOASTROCYTOMA OLIGODENDROGLIOMA
ALL 65 57 87
CIC MUTATED 2 5 31
CIC WILD-TYPE 63 52 56

Figure S7.  Get High-res Image Gene #6: 'CIC MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'FUBP1 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 0.000712 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 0.068

Table S8.  Gene #7: 'FUBP1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ASTROCYTOMA OLIGOASTROCYTOMA OLIGODENDROGLIOMA
ALL 65 57 87
FUBP1 MUTATED 2 2 17
FUBP1 WILD-TYPE 63 55 70

Figure S8.  Get High-res Image Gene #7: 'FUBP1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'NOTCH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 0.000119 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 0.012

Table S9.  Gene #8: 'NOTCH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ASTROCYTOMA OLIGOASTROCYTOMA OLIGODENDROGLIOMA
ALL 65 57 87
NOTCH1 MUTATED 1 1 16
NOTCH1 WILD-TYPE 64 56 71

Figure S9.  Get High-res Image Gene #8: 'NOTCH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

Methods & Data
Input
  • Mutation data file = LGG-TP.mutsig.cluster.txt

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

  • Number of patients = 210

  • Number of significantly mutated genes = 18

  • Number of selected clinical features = 6

  • 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

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

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References
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[2] Lehmann and Romano, Testing Statistical Hypotheses (3E ed.), New York: Springer. ISBN 0387988645 (2005)
[3] Fisher, R.A., On the interpretation of chi-square from contingency tables, and the calculation of P, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 85(1):87-94 (1922)
[4] Benjamini and Hochberg, Controlling the false discovery rate: a practical and powerful approach to multiple testing, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B 59:289-300 (1995)