Correlation between gene mutation status and selected clinical features
Overview
Introduction

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

Summary

Testing the association between mutation status of 37 genes and 8 clinical features across 286 patients, 15 significant findings detected with Q value < 0.25.

  • IDH1 mutation correlated to 'Time to Death' and 'AGE'.

  • TP53 mutation correlated to 'AGE' and 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

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

  • CIC mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • NOTCH1 mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • FUBP1 mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • NF1 mutation correlated to 'Time to Death'.

  • PTEN mutation correlated to 'Time to Death' and 'AGE'.

  • EGFR mutation correlated to 'Time to Death' and 'AGE'.

  • PLCG1 mutation correlated to 'Time to Death'.

Results
Overview of the results

Table 1.  Get Full Table Overview of the association between mutation status of 37 genes and 8 clinical features. Shown in the table are P values (Q values). Thresholded by Q value < 0.25, 15 significant findings detected.

Clinical
Features
Time
to
Death
AGE GENDER KARNOFSKY
PERFORMANCE
SCORE
HISTOLOGICAL
TYPE
RADIATIONS
RADIATION
REGIMENINDICATION
RACE ETHNICITY
nMutated (%) nWild-Type logrank test Wilcoxon-test Fisher's exact test Wilcoxon-test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test
IDH1 218 (76%) 68 2.35e-10
(6.67e-08)
0.000853
(0.232)
0.209
(1.00)
0.0487
(1.00)
0.0249
(1.00)
0.763
(1.00)
0.176
(1.00)
0.328
(1.00)
TP53 145 (51%) 141 0.227
(1.00)
1.53e-06
(0.000429)
0.153
(1.00)
0.284
(1.00)
1e-05
(0.00279)
0.0276
(1.00)
0.468
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
ATRX 118 (41%) 168 0.0519
(1.00)
1.94e-07
(5.46e-05)
0.334
(1.00)
0.0949
(1.00)
1e-05
(0.00279)
0.0873
(1.00)
0.748
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
PTEN 13 (5%) 273 2.18e-10
(6.22e-08)
0.000651
(0.178)
0.573
(1.00)
0.115
(1.00)
0.00612
(1.00)
0.537
(1.00)
0.143
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
EGFR 16 (6%) 270 0
(0)
1.84e-07
(5.22e-05)
0.797
(1.00)
0.00205
(0.551)
0.334
(1.00)
0.162
(1.00)
0.541
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
CIC 53 (19%) 233 0.0461
(1.00)
0.298
(1.00)
0.358
(1.00)
0.437
(1.00)
1e-05
(0.00279)
0.135
(1.00)
0.756
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
NOTCH1 29 (10%) 257 0.673
(1.00)
0.0464
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.705
(1.00)
4e-05
(0.011)
0.293
(1.00)
0.66
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
FUBP1 26 (9%) 260 0.921
(1.00)
0.00344
(0.921)
1
(1.00)
0.601
(1.00)
1e-05
(0.00279)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.617
(1.00)
NF1 19 (7%) 267 0.000627
(0.172)
0.178
(1.00)
0.815
(1.00)
0.368
(1.00)
0.0847
(1.00)
0.116
(1.00)
0.247
(1.00)
0.259
(1.00)
PLCG1 4 (1%) 282 1.93e-06
(0.00054)
0.0574
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.629
(1.00)
0.686
(1.00)
0.585
(1.00)
0.173
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
IDH2 12 (4%) 274 0.235
(1.00)
0.254
(1.00)
0.771
(1.00)
0.894
(1.00)
0.00895
(1.00)
0.754
(1.00)
0.436
(1.00)
0.106
(1.00)
PIK3R1 13 (5%) 273 0.532
(1.00)
0.121
(1.00)
0.155
(1.00)
0.526
(1.00)
0.248
(1.00)
0.216
(1.00)
0.437
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
STK19 8 (3%) 278 0.222
(1.00)
0.534
(1.00)
0.473
(1.00)
0.0434
(1.00)
0.0645
(1.00)
0.11
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.0589
(1.00)
PIK3CA 25 (9%) 261 0.0858
(1.00)
0.104
(1.00)
0.679
(1.00)
0.435
(1.00)
0.0429
(1.00)
0.649
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
ARID1A 12 (4%) 274 0.121
(1.00)
0.844
(1.00)
0.0142
(1.00)
0.0458
(1.00)
0.317
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.481
(1.00)
GAGE2B 4 (1%) 282 0.729
(1.00)
0.765
(1.00)
0.632
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.193
(1.00)
CREBZF 5 (2%) 281 0.768
(1.00)
0.231
(1.00)
0.175
(1.00)
0.189
(1.00)
0.223
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.212
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
TCF12 8 (3%) 278 0.332
(1.00)
0.0839
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.467
(1.00)
0.16
(1.00)
0.443
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
SMARCA4 13 (5%) 273 0.105
(1.00)
0.13
(1.00)
0.779
(1.00)
0.0349
(1.00)
0.482
(1.00)
0.0643
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.481
(1.00)
VAV3 8 (3%) 278 0.449
(1.00)
0.924
(1.00)
0.473
(1.00)
0.00142
(0.386)
0.742
(1.00)
0.698
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.352
(1.00)
TMEM216 3 (1%) 283 0.747
(1.00)
0.782
(1.00)
0.0864
(1.00)
0.489
(1.00)
0.557
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
ROBO3 4 (1%) 282 0.664
(1.00)
0.874
(1.00)
0.326
(1.00)
0.208
(1.00)
0.566
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
IRS4 5 (2%) 281 0.698
(1.00)
0.998
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.208
(1.00)
0.379
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.236
(1.00)
HTRA2 4 (1%) 282 0.84
(1.00)
0.0763
(1.00)
0.632
(1.00)
0.566
(1.00)
0.322
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.193
(1.00)
EIF1AX 4 (1%) 282 0.377
(1.00)
0.971
(1.00)
0.132
(1.00)
0.894
(1.00)
0.187
(1.00)
0.585
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
FAM47C 7 (2%) 279 0.167
(1.00)
0.923
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.568
(1.00)
0.0717
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.315
(1.00)
DDX5 4 (1%) 282 0.567
(1.00)
0.872
(1.00)
0.632
(1.00)
0.309
(1.00)
0.681
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.149
(1.00)
ZNF709 3 (1%) 283 0.556
(1.00)
0.56
(1.00)
0.257
(1.00)
0.491
(1.00)
0.212
(1.00)
0.134
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
TRERF1 3 (1%) 283 0.731
(1.00)
0.702
(1.00)
0.0864
(1.00)
0.363
(1.00)
0.557
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
BCOR 9 (3%) 277 0.992
(1.00)
0.158
(1.00)
0.0828
(1.00)
0.28
(1.00)
0.477
(1.00)
0.728
(1.00)
0.351
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
SRPX 3 (1%) 283 0.485
(1.00)
0.105
(1.00)
0.0864
(1.00)
0.783
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
DOCK5 5 (2%) 281 0.00788
(1.00)
0.0213
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.696
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.636
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
GIGYF2 4 (1%) 282 0.00162
(0.438)
0.715
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.827
(1.00)
0.0801
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
NIPBL 5 (2%) 281 0.0909
(1.00)
0.029
(1.00)
0.386
(1.00)
0.183
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.236
(1.00)
ZBTB20 13 (5%) 273 0.371
(1.00)
0.614
(1.00)
0.398
(1.00)
0.99
(1.00)
0.369
(1.00)
0.117
(1.00)
0.14
(1.00)
0.481
(1.00)
TRIP12 5 (2%) 281 0.217
(1.00)
0.66
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.153
(1.00)
0.158
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
KIAA0664 5 (2%) 281 0.981
(1.00)
0.943
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.223
(1.00)
0.158
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
'IDH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'Time to Death'

P value = 2.35e-10 (logrank test), Q value = 6.7e-08

Table S1.  Gene #1: 'IDH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #1: 'Time to Death'

nPatients nDeath Duration Range (Median), Month
ALL 284 59 0.0 - 182.3 (15.6)
IDH1 MUTATED 216 32 0.0 - 182.3 (17.1)
IDH1 WILD-TYPE 68 27 0.1 - 133.7 (11.6)

Figure S1.  Get High-res Image Gene #1: 'IDH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #1: 'Time to Death'

'IDH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'AGE'

P value = 0.000853 (Wilcoxon-test), Q value = 0.23

Table S2.  Gene #1: 'IDH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

nPatients Mean (Std.Dev)
ALL 286 42.6 (13.5)
IDH1 MUTATED 218 40.9 (12.6)
IDH1 WILD-TYPE 68 47.8 (14.9)

Figure S2.  Get High-res Image Gene #1: 'IDH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'AGE'

P value = 1.53e-06 (Wilcoxon-test), Q value = 0.00043

Table S3.  Gene #2: 'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

nPatients Mean (Std.Dev)
ALL 286 42.6 (13.5)
TP53 MUTATED 145 38.7 (11.7)
TP53 WILD-TYPE 141 46.6 (14.0)

Figure S3.  Get High-res Image Gene #2: 'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 1e-05 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 0.0028

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

nPatients ASTROCYTOMA OLIGOASTROCYTOMA OLIGODENDROGLIOMA
ALL 97 76 113
TP53 MUTATED 65 50 30
TP53 WILD-TYPE 32 26 83

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

'ATRX MUTATION STATUS' versus 'AGE'

P value = 1.94e-07 (Wilcoxon-test), Q value = 5.5e-05

Table S5.  Gene #3: 'ATRX MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

nPatients Mean (Std.Dev)
ALL 286 42.6 (13.5)
ATRX MUTATED 118 37.6 (11.4)
ATRX WILD-TYPE 168 46.1 (13.7)

Figure S5.  Get High-res Image Gene #3: 'ATRX MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

'ATRX MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 1e-05 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 0.0028

Table S6.  Gene #3: 'ATRX MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ASTROCYTOMA OLIGOASTROCYTOMA OLIGODENDROGLIOMA
ALL 97 76 113
ATRX MUTATED 49 43 26
ATRX WILD-TYPE 48 33 87

Figure S6.  Get High-res Image Gene #3: 'ATRX MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'CIC MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 1e-05 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 0.0028

Table S7.  Gene #4: 'CIC MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ASTROCYTOMA OLIGOASTROCYTOMA OLIGODENDROGLIOMA
ALL 97 76 113
CIC MUTATED 1 9 43
CIC WILD-TYPE 96 67 70

Figure S7.  Get High-res Image Gene #4: 'CIC MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'NOTCH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 4e-05 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 0.011

Table S8.  Gene #5: 'NOTCH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ASTROCYTOMA OLIGOASTROCYTOMA OLIGODENDROGLIOMA
ALL 97 76 113
NOTCH1 MUTATED 3 3 23
NOTCH1 WILD-TYPE 94 73 90

Figure S8.  Get High-res Image Gene #5: 'NOTCH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'FUBP1 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 1e-05 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 0.0028

Table S9.  Gene #7: 'FUBP1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ASTROCYTOMA OLIGOASTROCYTOMA OLIGODENDROGLIOMA
ALL 97 76 113
FUBP1 MUTATED 1 3 22
FUBP1 WILD-TYPE 96 73 91

Figure S9.  Get High-res Image Gene #7: 'FUBP1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'NF1 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'Time to Death'

P value = 0.000627 (logrank test), Q value = 0.17

Table S10.  Gene #8: 'NF1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #1: 'Time to Death'

nPatients nDeath Duration Range (Median), Month
ALL 284 59 0.0 - 182.3 (15.6)
NF1 MUTATED 19 8 0.2 - 73.0 (18.0)
NF1 WILD-TYPE 265 51 0.0 - 182.3 (15.5)

Figure S10.  Get High-res Image Gene #8: 'NF1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #1: 'Time to Death'

'PTEN MUTATION STATUS' versus 'Time to Death'

P value = 2.18e-10 (logrank test), Q value = 6.2e-08

Table S11.  Gene #11: 'PTEN MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #1: 'Time to Death'

nPatients nDeath Duration Range (Median), Month
ALL 284 59 0.0 - 182.3 (15.6)
PTEN MUTATED 13 7 0.5 - 21.0 (10.4)
PTEN WILD-TYPE 271 52 0.0 - 182.3 (16.1)

Figure S11.  Get High-res Image Gene #11: 'PTEN MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #1: 'Time to Death'

'PTEN MUTATION STATUS' versus 'AGE'

P value = 0.000651 (Wilcoxon-test), Q value = 0.18

Table S12.  Gene #11: 'PTEN MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

nPatients Mean (Std.Dev)
ALL 286 42.6 (13.5)
PTEN MUTATED 13 55.3 (10.5)
PTEN WILD-TYPE 273 42.0 (13.3)

Figure S12.  Get High-res Image Gene #11: 'PTEN MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

'EGFR MUTATION STATUS' versus 'Time to Death'

P value = 0 (logrank test), Q value = 0

Table S13.  Gene #14: 'EGFR MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #1: 'Time to Death'

nPatients nDeath Duration Range (Median), Month
ALL 284 59 0.0 - 182.3 (15.6)
EGFR MUTATED 16 9 0.5 - 13.6 (6.6)
EGFR WILD-TYPE 268 50 0.0 - 182.3 (16.7)

Figure S13.  Get High-res Image Gene #14: 'EGFR MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #1: 'Time to Death'

'EGFR MUTATION STATUS' versus 'AGE'

P value = 1.84e-07 (Wilcoxon-test), Q value = 5.2e-05

Table S14.  Gene #14: 'EGFR MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

nPatients Mean (Std.Dev)
ALL 286 42.6 (13.5)
EGFR MUTATED 16 61.1 (7.3)
EGFR WILD-TYPE 270 41.5 (12.9)

Figure S14.  Get High-res Image Gene #14: 'EGFR MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

'PLCG1 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'Time to Death'

P value = 1.93e-06 (logrank test), Q value = 0.00054

Table S15.  Gene #26: 'PLCG1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #1: 'Time to Death'

nPatients nDeath Duration Range (Median), Month
ALL 284 59 0.0 - 182.3 (15.6)
PLCG1 MUTATED 4 3 6.7 - 21.0 (7.2)
PLCG1 WILD-TYPE 280 56 0.0 - 182.3 (15.9)

Figure S15.  Get High-res Image Gene #26: 'PLCG1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #1: 'Time to Death'

Methods & Data
Input
  • Mutation data file = transformed.cor.cli.txt

  • Clinical data file = LGG-TP.merged_data.txt

  • Number of patients = 286

  • Number of significantly mutated genes = 37

  • 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

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.

References
[1] Bland and Altman, Statistics notes: The logrank test, BMJ 328(7447):1073 (2004)
[2] 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)
[3] 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)