Correlation between gene mutation status and selected clinical features
Brain Lower Grade Glioma (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 gene mutation status and selected clinical features. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. doi:10.7908/C14F1PMH
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.

Download Results

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References
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[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)