Correlation between mRNAseq expression and clinical features
Mesothelioma (Primary solid tumor)
17 October 2014 | analyses__2014_10_17
Maintainer Information
Citation Information
doi:10.7908/C1PG1QM7
Maintained by Juok Cho (Broad Institute)
Cite as Broad Institute TCGA Genome Data Analysis Center (2014): Correlation between mRNAseq expression and clinical features. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. doi:10.7908/C1PG1QM7
Overview
Introduction

This pipeline uses various statistical tests to identify mRNAs whose log2 expression levels correlated to selected clinical features.

Summary

Testing the association between 18198 genes and 7 clinical features across 39 samples, statistically thresholded by P value < 0.05 and Q value < 0.3, 2 clinical features related to at least one genes.

- 6 genes correlated to 'Time to Death'.

- ABLIM1|3983 , FAAH2|158584 , AURKA|6790 , C5ORF4|10826 , LMNB2|84823 , ...

- 1 gene correlated to 'AGE'.

- SIX1|6495

- No genes correlated to 'NEOPLASM.DISEASESTAGE', 'PATHOLOGY.T.STAGE', 'PATHOLOGY.N.STAGE', 'PATHOLOGY.M.STAGE', and 'GENDER'.

Results
Overview of the results

Complete statistical result table is provided in Supplement Table 1

Table 1. Get Full Table This table shows the clinical features, statistical methods used, and the number of genes that are significantly associated with each clinical feature at P value < 0.05 and Q value < 0.3.

Clinical feature | Statistical test | Significant genes | Associated with |  | Associated with |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Time to Death | Cox regression test | N=6 | shorter survival | N=3 | longer survival | N=3
AGE | Spearman correlation test | N=1 | older | N=1 | younger | N=0
NEOPLASM DISEASESTAGE | Kruskal-Wallis test | N=0 |  |  |  |
PATHOLOGY T STAGE | Spearman correlation test | N=0 |  |  |  |
PATHOLOGY N STAGE | Spearman correlation test | N=0 |  |  |  |
PATHOLOGY M STAGE | Kruskal-Wallis test | N=0 |  |  |  |
GENDER | Wilcoxon test | N=0 |  |  |  |

Clinical variable #1: 'Time to Death'

6 genes related to 'Time to Death'.

Table S1. Basic characteristics of clinical feature: 'Time to Death'

Time to Death | Duration (Months) | 0.2-91.7 (median=13.3)
| censored | N = 10
| death | N = 29
| Significant markers | N = 6
| associated with shorter survival | 3
| associated with longer survival | 3

List of 6 genes differentially expressed by 'Time to Death'

Table S2. Get Full Table List of 6 genes significantly associated with 'Time to Death' by Cox regression test

| HazardRatio | Wald_P | Q | C_index
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
ABLIM1|3983 | 0.41 | 6.507e-07 | 0.012 | 0.215
FAAH2|158584 | 0.58 | 1.905e-06 | 0.035 | 0.226
AURKA|6790 | 2.8 | 5.307e-06 | 0.097 | 0.798
C5ORF4|10826 | 0.43 | 7.121e-06 | 0.13 | 0.25
LMNB2|84823 | 3.2 | 1.32e-05 | 0.24 | 0.764
MARCH4|57574 | 1.37 | 1.424e-05 | 0.26 | 0.729

Clinical variable #2: 'AGE'

One gene related to 'AGE'.

Table S3. Basic characteristics of clinical feature: 'AGE'

AGE | Mean (SD) | 64.79 (8.4)
| Significant markers | N = 1
| pos. correlated | 1
| neg. correlated | 0

List of one gene differentially expressed by 'AGE'

Table S4. Get Full Table List of one gene significantly correlated to 'AGE' by Spearman correlation test

| SpearmanCorr | corrP | Q
--- | --- | --- | ---
SIX1|6495 | 0.6553 | 5.985e-06 | 0.109

Clinical variable #3: 'NEOPLASM.DISEASESTAGE'

No gene related to 'NEOPLASM.DISEASESTAGE'.

Table S5. Basic characteristics of clinical feature: 'NEOPLASM.DISEASESTAGE'

NEOPLASM.DISEASESTAGE | Labels | N
| STAGE I | 3
| STAGE IA | 1
| STAGE IB | 1
| STAGE II | 11
| STAGE III | 19
| STAGE IV | 4
| Significant markers | N = 0

Clinical variable #4: 'PATHOLOGY.T.STAGE'

No gene related to 'PATHOLOGY.T.STAGE'.

Table S6. Basic characteristics of clinical feature: 'PATHOLOGY.T.STAGE'

PATHOLOGY.T.STAGE | Mean (SD) | 2.26 (0.82)
|  | N
| 1 | 7
| 2 | 17
| 3 | 13
| 4 | 2
| Significant markers | N = 0

Clinical variable #5: 'PATHOLOGY.N.STAGE'

No gene related to 'PATHOLOGY.N.STAGE'.

Table S7. Basic characteristics of clinical feature: 'PATHOLOGY.N.STAGE'

PATHOLOGY.N.STAGE | Mean (SD) | 0.44 (0.73)
|  | N
| 0 | 25
| 1 | 6
| 2 | 5
| Significant markers | N = 0

Clinical variable #6: 'PATHOLOGY.M.STAGE'

No gene related to 'PATHOLOGY.M.STAGE'.

Table S8. Basic characteristics of clinical feature: 'PATHOLOGY.M.STAGE'

PATHOLOGY.M.STAGE | Labels | N
| M0 | 31
| M1 | 2
| MX | 6
| Significant markers | N = 0

Clinical variable #7: 'GENDER'

No gene related to 'GENDER'.

Table S9. Basic characteristics of clinical feature: 'GENDER'

GENDER | Labels | N
| FEMALE | 10
| MALE | 29
| Significant markers | N = 0

Methods & Data
Input

- Expresson data file = MESO-TP.uncv2.mRNAseq_RSEM_normalized_log2.txt

- Clinical data file = MESO-TP.merged_data.txt

- Number of patients = 39

- Number of genes = 18198

- Number of clinical features = 7

Survival analysis

For survival clinical features, Wald's test in univariate Cox regression analysis with proportional hazards model (Andersen and Gill 1982) was used to estimate the P values using the 'coxph' function in R. Kaplan-Meier survival curves were plot using the four quartile subgroups of patients based on expression levels

Correlation analysis

For continuous numerical clinical features, Spearman's rank correlation coefficients (Spearman 1904) and two-tailed P values were estimated using 'cor.test' function in R

ANOVA analysis

For multi-class clinical features (ordinal or nominal), one-way analysis of variance (Howell 2002) was applied to compare the log2-expression levels between different clinical classes using 'anova' function in R

Student's t-test analysis

For two-class clinical features, two-tailed Student's t test with unequal variance (Lehmann and Romano 2005) was applied to compare the log2-expression levels between the two clinical classes using 't.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.

- Analysis Results (MD5 checksum)

- Auxiliary Data (MD5 checksum)

- MAGE-TAB File (MD5 checksum)

References
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[3] Howell, D, Statistical Methods for Psychology. (5th ed.), Duxbury Press:324-5 (2002)
[4] Lehmann and Romano, Testing Statistical Hypotheses (3E ed.), New York: Springer. ISBN 0387988645 (2005)
[5] 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)
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