Correlation between copy number variations of arm-level result and selected clinical features
Esophageal Carcinoma (Primary solid tumor)
17 October 2014  |  analyses__2014_10_17
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 (2014): Correlation between copy number variations of arm-level result and selected clinical features. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. doi:10.7908/C1KW5DWT
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 80 arm-level events and 9 clinical features across 150 patients, no significant finding detected with Q value < 0.25.

  • No arm-level cnvs related to clinical features.

Results
Overview of the results

Table 1.  Get Full Table Overview of the association between significant copy number variation of 80 arm-level events and 9 clinical features. Shown in the table are P values (Q values). Thresholded by Q value < 0.25, no significant finding detected.

Clinical
Features
Time
to
Death
AGE NEOPLASM
DISEASESTAGE
PATHOLOGY
T
STAGE
PATHOLOGY
N
STAGE
PATHOLOGY
M
STAGE
GENDER NUMBERPACKYEARSSMOKED RACE
nCNV (%) nWild-Type logrank test Wilcoxon-test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test Wilcoxon-test Fisher's exact test
1p gain 26 (17%) 124 0.955
(1.00)
0.0661
(1.00)
0.183
(1.00)
0.423
(1.00)
0.631
(1.00)
0.646
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.588
(1.00)
0.485
(1.00)
1q gain 47 (31%) 103 0.413
(1.00)
0.156
(1.00)
0.954
(1.00)
0.465
(1.00)
0.818
(1.00)
0.481
(1.00)
0.217
(1.00)
0.55
(1.00)
0.661
(1.00)
2p gain 47 (31%) 103 0.0694
(1.00)
0.0189
(1.00)
0.635
(1.00)
0.648
(1.00)
0.897
(1.00)
0.242
(1.00)
0.217
(1.00)
0.0721
(1.00)
0.0165
(1.00)
2q gain 35 (23%) 115 0.482
(1.00)
0.0739
(1.00)
0.697
(1.00)
0.881
(1.00)
0.957
(1.00)
0.563
(1.00)
0.407
(1.00)
0.514
(1.00)
0.298
(1.00)
3p gain 22 (15%) 128 0.89
(1.00)
0.229
(1.00)
0.177
(1.00)
0.649
(1.00)
0.324
(1.00)
0.26
(1.00)
0.74
(1.00)
0.153
(1.00)
0.586
(1.00)
3q gain 63 (42%) 87 0.936
(1.00)
0.000789
(0.568)
0.881
(1.00)
0.196
(1.00)
0.829
(1.00)
0.879
(1.00)
0.478
(1.00)
0.413
(1.00)
0.443
(1.00)
4p gain 12 (8%) 138 0.0876
(1.00)
0.528
(1.00)
0.876
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.449
(1.00)
0.592
(1.00)
4q gain 13 (9%) 137 0.215
(1.00)
0.44
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.491
(1.00)
0.94
(1.00)
0.566
(1.00)
0.695
(1.00)
0.601
(1.00)
0.182
(1.00)
5p gain 60 (40%) 90 0.383
(1.00)
0.772
(1.00)
0.123
(1.00)
0.354
(1.00)
0.168
(1.00)
0.43
(1.00)
0.236
(1.00)
0.989
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
5q gain 18 (12%) 132 0.649
(1.00)
0.436
(1.00)
0.204
(1.00)
0.639
(1.00)
0.00996
(1.00)
0.389
(1.00)
0.72
(1.00)
0.339
(1.00)
0.303
(1.00)
6p gain 34 (23%) 116 0.803
(1.00)
0.183
(1.00)
0.295
(1.00)
0.697
(1.00)
0.982
(1.00)
0.165
(1.00)
0.785
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.886
(1.00)
6q gain 28 (19%) 122 0.669
(1.00)
0.146
(1.00)
0.116
(1.00)
0.266
(1.00)
0.561
(1.00)
0.124
(1.00)
0.368
(1.00)
0.747
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
7p gain 90 (60%) 60 0.273
(1.00)
0.373
(1.00)
0.316
(1.00)
0.0213
(1.00)
0.248
(1.00)
0.193
(1.00)
0.0967
(1.00)
0.339
(1.00)
0.668
(1.00)
7q gain 72 (48%) 78 0.897
(1.00)
0.82
(1.00)
0.533
(1.00)
0.0617
(1.00)
0.725
(1.00)
0.104
(1.00)
0.0191
(1.00)
0.616
(1.00)
0.583
(1.00)
8p gain 56 (37%) 94 0.184
(1.00)
0.932
(1.00)
0.754
(1.00)
0.35
(1.00)
0.419
(1.00)
0.242
(1.00)
0.63
(1.00)
0.442
(1.00)
0.671
(1.00)
8q gain 81 (54%) 69 0.503
(1.00)
0.895
(1.00)
0.224
(1.00)
0.0385
(1.00)
0.135
(1.00)
0.385
(1.00)
0.638
(1.00)
0.43
(1.00)
0.463
(1.00)
9p gain 12 (8%) 138 0.432
(1.00)
0.521
(1.00)
0.943
(1.00)
0.489
(1.00)
0.138
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.362
(1.00)
0.274
(1.00)
9q gain 23 (15%) 127 0.191
(1.00)
0.451
(1.00)
0.431
(1.00)
0.169
(1.00)
0.206
(1.00)
0.892
(1.00)
0.201
(1.00)
0.161
(1.00)
0.0454
(1.00)
10p gain 31 (21%) 119 0.376
(1.00)
0.757
(1.00)
0.0573
(1.00)
0.37
(1.00)
0.364
(1.00)
0.0379
(1.00)
0.248
(1.00)
0.826
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
10q gain 24 (16%) 126 0.831
(1.00)
0.562
(1.00)
0.0412
(1.00)
0.299
(1.00)
0.129
(1.00)
0.0743
(1.00)
0.2
(1.00)
0.169
(1.00)
0.597
(1.00)
11p gain 33 (22%) 117 0.552
(1.00)
0.371
(1.00)
0.595
(1.00)
0.176
(1.00)
0.212
(1.00)
0.239
(1.00)
0.782
(1.00)
0.0463
(1.00)
0.617
(1.00)
11q gain 25 (17%) 125 0.672
(1.00)
0.0689
(1.00)
0.683
(1.00)
0.077
(1.00)
0.0551
(1.00)
0.602
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.296
(1.00)
0.869
(1.00)
12p gain 46 (31%) 104 0.361
(1.00)
0.153
(1.00)
0.17
(1.00)
0.0995
(1.00)
0.784
(1.00)
0.055
(1.00)
0.124
(1.00)
0.281
(1.00)
0.0181
(1.00)
12q gain 30 (20%) 120 0.666
(1.00)
0.466
(1.00)
0.0434
(1.00)
0.372
(1.00)
0.31
(1.00)
0.127
(1.00)
0.25
(1.00)
0.031
(1.00)
0.156
(1.00)
13q gain 37 (25%) 113 0.59
(1.00)
0.577
(1.00)
0.186
(1.00)
0.0682
(1.00)
0.177
(1.00)
0.00528
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.182
(1.00)
0.146
(1.00)
14q gain 38 (25%) 112 0.133
(1.00)
0.363
(1.00)
0.987
(1.00)
0.0119
(1.00)
0.376
(1.00)
0.844
(1.00)
0.00207
(1.00)
0.946
(1.00)
0.134
(1.00)
15q gain 24 (16%) 126 0.667
(1.00)
0.804
(1.00)
0.572
(1.00)
0.896
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.695
(1.00)
0.53
(1.00)
0.0554
(1.00)
0.846
(1.00)
16p gain 32 (21%) 118 0.978
(1.00)
0.878
(1.00)
0.383
(1.00)
0.132
(1.00)
0.183
(1.00)
0.71
(1.00)
0.00765
(1.00)
0.573
(1.00)
0.0237
(1.00)
16q gain 28 (19%) 122 0.356
(1.00)
0.604
(1.00)
0.197
(1.00)
0.194
(1.00)
0.332
(1.00)
0.451
(1.00)
0.0141
(1.00)
0.818
(1.00)
0.0187
(1.00)
17p gain 24 (16%) 126 0.962
(1.00)
0.29
(1.00)
0.906
(1.00)
0.504
(1.00)
0.539
(1.00)
0.497
(1.00)
0.2
(1.00)
0.509
(1.00)
0.311
(1.00)
17q gain 36 (24%) 114 0.617
(1.00)
0.721
(1.00)
0.46
(1.00)
0.404
(1.00)
0.209
(1.00)
0.338
(1.00)
0.107
(1.00)
0.158
(1.00)
0.107
(1.00)
18p gain 41 (27%) 109 0.175
(1.00)
0.311
(1.00)
0.502
(1.00)
0.986
(1.00)
0.4
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.0634
(1.00)
0.836
(1.00)
0.297
(1.00)
18q gain 22 (15%) 128 0.153
(1.00)
0.512
(1.00)
0.155
(1.00)
0.503
(1.00)
0.69
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.74
(1.00)
0.582
(1.00)
0.831
(1.00)
19p gain 21 (14%) 129 0.923
(1.00)
0.584
(1.00)
0.96
(1.00)
0.577
(1.00)
0.016
(1.00)
0.171
(1.00)
0.0453
(1.00)
0.979
(1.00)
0.337
(1.00)
19q gain 31 (21%) 119 0.904
(1.00)
0.305
(1.00)
0.59
(1.00)
0.865
(1.00)
0.261
(1.00)
0.372
(1.00)
0.0775
(1.00)
0.52
(1.00)
0.209
(1.00)
20p gain 88 (59%) 62 0.371
(1.00)
0.253
(1.00)
0.848
(1.00)
0.521
(1.00)
0.514
(1.00)
0.537
(1.00)
0.34
(1.00)
0.832
(1.00)
0.322
(1.00)
20q gain 97 (65%) 53 0.53
(1.00)
0.426
(1.00)
0.912
(1.00)
0.0143
(1.00)
0.184
(1.00)
0.552
(1.00)
0.225
(1.00)
0.885
(1.00)
0.0974
(1.00)
21q gain 14 (9%) 136 0.33
(1.00)
0.737
(1.00)
0.762
(1.00)
0.485
(1.00)
0.943
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.693
(1.00)
0.127
(1.00)
0.0672
(1.00)
22q gain 23 (15%) 127 0.458
(1.00)
0.0722
(1.00)
0.645
(1.00)
0.12
(1.00)
0.0188
(1.00)
0.89
(1.00)
0.743
(1.00)
0.693
(1.00)
0.00136
(0.978)
xq gain 28 (19%) 122 0.722
(1.00)
0.883
(1.00)
0.798
(1.00)
0.231
(1.00)
0.269
(1.00)
0.0861
(1.00)
0.127
(1.00)
0.584
(1.00)
0.108
(1.00)
1p loss 31 (21%) 119 0.941
(1.00)
0.634
(1.00)
0.11
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.624
(1.00)
0.0924
(1.00)
0.772
(1.00)
0.341
(1.00)
0.17
(1.00)
1q loss 17 (11%) 133 0.0599
(1.00)
0.232
(1.00)
0.0365
(1.00)
0.656
(1.00)
0.212
(1.00)
0.00957
(1.00)
0.709
(1.00)
0.68
(1.00)
0.477
(1.00)
2p loss 8 (5%) 142 0.0373
(1.00)
0.0893
(1.00)
0.437
(1.00)
0.299
(1.00)
0.679
(1.00)
0.705
(1.00)
0.311
(1.00)
0.957
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
2q loss 15 (10%) 135 0.951
(1.00)
0.307
(1.00)
0.873
(1.00)
0.561
(1.00)
0.578
(1.00)
0.445
(1.00)
0.443
(1.00)
0.451
(1.00)
0.812
(1.00)
3p loss 74 (49%) 76 0.542
(1.00)
0.195
(1.00)
0.411
(1.00)
0.836
(1.00)
0.156
(1.00)
0.218
(1.00)
0.246
(1.00)
0.465
(1.00)
0.00417
(1.00)
3q loss 23 (15%) 127 0.235
(1.00)
0.196
(1.00)
0.365
(1.00)
0.53
(1.00)
0.246
(1.00)
0.0795
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.562
(1.00)
0.399
(1.00)
4p loss 85 (57%) 65 0.0433
(1.00)
0.214
(1.00)
0.49
(1.00)
0.252
(1.00)
0.132
(1.00)
0.0078
(1.00)
0.813
(1.00)
0.138
(1.00)
0.0329
(1.00)
4q loss 74 (49%) 76 0.149
(1.00)
0.186
(1.00)
0.35
(1.00)
0.578
(1.00)
0.416
(1.00)
0.739
(1.00)
0.348
(1.00)
0.768
(1.00)
0.228
(1.00)
5p loss 38 (25%) 112 0.404
(1.00)
0.426
(1.00)
0.00728
(1.00)
0.0435
(1.00)
0.654
(1.00)
0.533
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.723
(1.00)
0.897
(1.00)
5q loss 67 (45%) 83 0.353
(1.00)
0.982
(1.00)
0.0917
(1.00)
0.196
(1.00)
0.584
(1.00)
0.226
(1.00)
0.816
(1.00)
0.573
(1.00)
0.622
(1.00)
6p loss 29 (19%) 121 0.156
(1.00)
0.125
(1.00)
0.787
(1.00)
0.419
(1.00)
0.0634
(1.00)
0.286
(1.00)
0.559
(1.00)
0.821
(1.00)
0.134
(1.00)
6q loss 30 (20%) 120 0.0984
(1.00)
0.328
(1.00)
0.671
(1.00)
0.255
(1.00)
0.18
(1.00)
0.284
(1.00)
0.572
(1.00)
0.826
(1.00)
0.22
(1.00)
7p loss 12 (8%) 138 0.779
(1.00)
0.95
(1.00)
0.952
(1.00)
0.446
(1.00)
0.896
(1.00)
0.586
(1.00)
0.376
(1.00)
0.0256
(1.00)
0.772
(1.00)
7q loss 19 (13%) 131 0.843
(1.00)
0.224
(1.00)
0.509
(1.00)
0.00731
(1.00)
0.589
(1.00)
0.304
(1.00)
0.732
(1.00)
0.19
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
8p loss 52 (35%) 98 0.857
(1.00)
0.651
(1.00)
0.317
(1.00)
0.947
(1.00)
0.116
(1.00)
0.286
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.584
(1.00)
0.658
(1.00)
8q loss 20 (13%) 130 0.197
(1.00)
0.738
(1.00)
0.26
(1.00)
0.514
(1.00)
0.694
(1.00)
0.461
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.48
(1.00)
0.173
(1.00)
9p loss 82 (55%) 68 0.761
(1.00)
0.393
(1.00)
0.933
(1.00)
0.355
(1.00)
0.518
(1.00)
0.958
(1.00)
0.155
(1.00)
0.51
(1.00)
0.051
(1.00)
9q loss 51 (34%) 99 0.599
(1.00)
0.409
(1.00)
0.166
(1.00)
0.381
(1.00)
0.867
(1.00)
0.534
(1.00)
0.331
(1.00)
0.164
(1.00)
0.28
(1.00)
10p loss 35 (23%) 115 0.46
(1.00)
0.814
(1.00)
0.813
(1.00)
0.108
(1.00)
0.0335
(1.00)
0.432
(1.00)
0.269
(1.00)
0.967
(1.00)
0.128
(1.00)
10q loss 37 (25%) 113 0.564
(1.00)
0.448
(1.00)
0.541
(1.00)
0.0824
(1.00)
0.858
(1.00)
0.0167
(1.00)
0.785
(1.00)
0.666
(1.00)
0.0014
(1.00)
11p loss 39 (26%) 111 0.672
(1.00)
0.298
(1.00)
0.0911
(1.00)
0.797
(1.00)
0.165
(1.00)
0.638
(1.00)
0.594
(1.00)
0.337
(1.00)
0.667
(1.00)
11q loss 43 (29%) 107 0.0732
(1.00)
0.789
(1.00)
0.116
(1.00)
0.986
(1.00)
0.0756
(1.00)
0.614
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.944
(1.00)
0.51
(1.00)
12p loss 30 (20%) 120 0.789
(1.00)
0.749
(1.00)
0.698
(1.00)
0.726
(1.00)
0.501
(1.00)
0.39
(1.00)
0.375
(1.00)
0.236
(1.00)
0.0697
(1.00)
12q loss 25 (17%) 125 0.698
(1.00)
0.872
(1.00)
0.00986
(1.00)
0.172
(1.00)
0.621
(1.00)
0.283
(1.00)
0.0514
(1.00)
0.121
(1.00)
0.00511
(1.00)
13q loss 53 (35%) 97 0.493
(1.00)
0.133
(1.00)
0.57
(1.00)
0.414
(1.00)
0.406
(1.00)
0.0432
(1.00)
0.138
(1.00)
0.822
(1.00)
0.00733
(1.00)
14q loss 39 (26%) 111 0.708
(1.00)
0.379
(1.00)
0.243
(1.00)
0.462
(1.00)
0.305
(1.00)
0.364
(1.00)
0.427
(1.00)
0.45
(1.00)
0.336
(1.00)
15q loss 45 (30%) 105 0.324
(1.00)
0.374
(1.00)
0.164
(1.00)
0.263
(1.00)
0.561
(1.00)
0.00533
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.772
(1.00)
0.41
(1.00)
16p loss 45 (30%) 105 0.762
(1.00)
0.923
(1.00)
0.63
(1.00)
0.105
(1.00)
0.405
(1.00)
0.539
(1.00)
0.798
(1.00)
0.702
(1.00)
0.279
(1.00)
16q loss 44 (29%) 106 0.733
(1.00)
0.619
(1.00)
0.74
(1.00)
0.342
(1.00)
0.666
(1.00)
0.378
(1.00)
0.438
(1.00)
0.6
(1.00)
0.281
(1.00)
17p loss 58 (39%) 92 0.837
(1.00)
0.0614
(1.00)
0.599
(1.00)
0.206
(1.00)
0.859
(1.00)
0.782
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.608
(1.00)
0.276
(1.00)
17q loss 17 (11%) 133 0.211
(1.00)
0.661
(1.00)
0.814
(1.00)
0.879
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.833
(1.00)
0.709
(1.00)
0.4
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
18p loss 62 (41%) 88 0.797
(1.00)
0.117
(1.00)
0.482
(1.00)
0.101
(1.00)
0.232
(1.00)
0.198
(1.00)
0.34
(1.00)
0.0793
(1.00)
0.116
(1.00)
18q loss 84 (56%) 66 0.653
(1.00)
0.26
(1.00)
0.502
(1.00)
0.205
(1.00)
0.228
(1.00)
0.261
(1.00)
0.64
(1.00)
0.232
(1.00)
0.924
(1.00)
19p loss 54 (36%) 96 0.967
(1.00)
0.635
(1.00)
0.443
(1.00)
0.351
(1.00)
0.112
(1.00)
0.296
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.0389
(1.00)
0.233
(1.00)
19q loss 41 (27%) 109 0.914
(1.00)
0.262
(1.00)
0.96
(1.00)
0.565
(1.00)
0.407
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.163
(1.00)
0.033
(1.00)
20p loss 17 (11%) 133 0.0297
(1.00)
0.774
(1.00)
0.935
(1.00)
0.62
(1.00)
0.93
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.892
(1.00)
0.318
(1.00)
20q loss 6 (4%) 144 0.25
(1.00)
0.733
(1.00)
0.425
(1.00)
0.11
(1.00)
0.219
(1.00)
0.352
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.639
(1.00)
0.653
(1.00)
21q loss 85 (57%) 65 0.225
(1.00)
0.374
(1.00)
0.353
(1.00)
0.65
(1.00)
0.901
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.161
(1.00)
0.00763
(1.00)
0.0997
(1.00)
22q loss 64 (43%) 86 0.369
(1.00)
0.567
(1.00)
0.0383
(1.00)
0.0573
(1.00)
0.0763
(1.00)
0.0156
(1.00)
0.641
(1.00)
0.737
(1.00)
0.557
(1.00)
xq loss 37 (25%) 113 0.952
(1.00)
0.995
(1.00)
0.569
(1.00)
0.629
(1.00)
0.588
(1.00)
0.589
(1.00)
0.286
(1.00)
0.0128
(1.00)
0.11
(1.00)
Methods & Data
Input
  • Copy number data file = transformed.cor.cli.txt

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

  • Number of patients = 150

  • Number of significantly arm-level cnvs = 80

  • Number of selected clinical features = 9

  • Exclude regions 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.

Download Results

In addition to the links below, the full results of the analysis summarized in this report can also be downloaded programmatically using firehose_get, or interactively from either the Broad GDAC website or TCGA Data Coordination Center Portal.

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)