Correlation between copy number variations of arm-level result and selected clinical features
Testicular Germ Cell Tumors (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/C1G73CN1
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 55 arm-level events and 5 clinical features across 31 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 55 arm-level events and 5 clinical features. Shown in the table are P values (Q values). Thresholded by Q value < 0.25, no significant finding detected.

Clinical
Features
AGE NEOPLASM
DISEASESTAGE
PATHOLOGY
T
STAGE
PATHOLOGY
N
STAGE
ETHNICITY
nCNV (%) nWild-Type Wilcoxon-test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test
1p gain 10 (32%) 21 0.916
(1.00)
0.513
(1.00)
0.252
(1.00)
0.538
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1q gain 11 (35%) 20 0.82
(1.00)
0.561
(1.00)
0.458
(1.00)
0.584
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
2p gain 11 (35%) 20 0.341
(1.00)
0.308
(1.00)
0.273
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.535
(1.00)
2q gain 12 (39%) 19 0.0487
(1.00)
0.396
(1.00)
0.149
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.265
(1.00)
3p gain 6 (19%) 25 0.96
(1.00)
0.426
(1.00)
0.654
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.488
(1.00)
3q gain 9 (29%) 22 0.81
(1.00)
0.0805
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
6p gain 6 (19%) 25 0.153
(1.00)
0.0549
(1.00)
0.654
(1.00)
0.121
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
6q gain 6 (19%) 25 0.27
(1.00)
0.0558
(1.00)
0.654
(1.00)
0.121
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
7p gain 28 (90%) 3 0.16
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.6
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.0189
(1.00)
7q gain 27 (87%) 4 0.301
(1.00)
0.668
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.426
(1.00)
0.0369
(1.00)
8p gain 25 (81%) 6 0.88
(1.00)
0.184
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
8q gain 24 (77%) 7 0.266
(1.00)
0.361
(1.00)
0.22
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.55
(1.00)
9q gain 3 (10%) 28 0.284
(1.00)
0.138
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
12q gain 24 (77%) 7 0.0614
(1.00)
0.96
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.541
(1.00)
0.55
(1.00)
14q gain 11 (35%) 20 0.0859
(1.00)
0.511
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.519
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
15q gain 8 (26%) 23 0.0266
(1.00)
0.93
(1.00)
0.433
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.55
(1.00)
16p gain 4 (13%) 27 0.262
(1.00)
0.0874
(1.00)
0.101
(1.00)
0.121
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
16q gain 5 (16%) 26 0.706
(1.00)
0.167
(1.00)
0.333
(1.00)
0.219
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
17p gain 9 (29%) 22 0.827
(1.00)
0.374
(1.00)
0.113
(1.00)
0.25
(1.00)
0.537
(1.00)
17q gain 12 (39%) 19 0.807
(1.00)
0.243
(1.00)
0.273
(1.00)
0.603
(1.00)
0.265
(1.00)
19p gain 5 (16%) 26 0.0179
(1.00)
0.568
(1.00)
0.654
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
20p gain 9 (29%) 22 0.183
(1.00)
0.516
(1.00)
0.433
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.537
(1.00)
20q gain 10 (32%) 21 0.15
(1.00)
0.346
(1.00)
0.252
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.533
(1.00)
21q gain 27 (87%) 4 0.443
(1.00)
0.77
(1.00)
0.6
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.349
(1.00)
22q gain 6 (19%) 25 0.0752
(1.00)
0.493
(1.00)
0.0829
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
xq gain 6 (19%) 25 0.0141
(1.00)
0.939
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.519
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
3p loss 12 (39%) 19 0.684
(1.00)
0.334
(1.00)
0.716
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
3q loss 9 (29%) 22 0.93
(1.00)
0.774
(1.00)
0.704
(1.00)
0.603
(1.00)
0.537
(1.00)
4p loss 23 (74%) 8 0.175
(1.00)
0.482
(1.00)
0.433
(1.00)
0.519
(1.00)
0.55
(1.00)
4q loss 25 (81%) 6 0.12
(1.00)
0.492
(1.00)
0.394
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
5p loss 21 (68%) 10 0.138
(1.00)
0.842
(1.00)
0.0538
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
5q loss 19 (61%) 12 0.529
(1.00)
0.146
(1.00)
0.00915
(1.00)
0.576
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
6p loss 5 (16%) 26 0.726
(1.00)
0.975
(1.00)
0.654
(1.00)
0.519
(1.00)
0.422
(1.00)
6q loss 5 (16%) 26 0.726
(1.00)
0.975
(1.00)
0.654
(1.00)
0.519
(1.00)
0.422
(1.00)
9p loss 18 (58%) 13 0.779
(1.00)
0.625
(1.00)
0.722
(1.00)
0.519
(1.00)
0.558
(1.00)
9q loss 16 (52%) 15 0.797
(1.00)
0.714
(1.00)
0.724
(1.00)
0.237
(1.00)
0.101
(1.00)
10p loss 20 (65%) 11 0.057
(1.00)
0.439
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.261
(1.00)
0.281
(1.00)
10q loss 20 (65%) 11 0.238
(1.00)
0.704
(1.00)
0.458
(1.00)
0.261
(1.00)
0.0367
(1.00)
11p loss 20 (65%) 11 0.291
(1.00)
0.704
(1.00)
0.716
(1.00)
0.603
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
11q loss 24 (77%) 7 0.193
(1.00)
0.666
(1.00)
0.685
(1.00)
0.519
(1.00)
0.55
(1.00)
13q loss 24 (77%) 7 0.287
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.685
(1.00)
0.519
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
14q loss 5 (16%) 26 0.154
(1.00)
0.201
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.219
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
15q loss 8 (26%) 23 0.667
(1.00)
0.154
(1.00)
0.685
(1.00)
0.584
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
16p loss 10 (32%) 21 0.112
(1.00)
0.983
(1.00)
0.704
(1.00)
0.261
(1.00)
0.0267
(1.00)
16q loss 10 (32%) 21 0.112
(1.00)
0.981
(1.00)
0.704
(1.00)
0.261
(1.00)
0.0267
(1.00)
17p loss 10 (32%) 21 0.29
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.458
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
17q loss 5 (16%) 26 0.484
(1.00)
0.402
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.426
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
18p loss 25 (81%) 6 0.176
(1.00)
0.106
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
18q loss 26 (84%) 5 0.132
(1.00)
0.133
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.426
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
19p loss 14 (45%) 17 0.21
(1.00)
0.0206
(1.00)
0.285
(1.00)
0.576
(1.00)
0.576
(1.00)
19q loss 17 (55%) 14 0.233
(1.00)
0.0025
(0.685)
0.479
(1.00)
0.603
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
20p loss 8 (26%) 23 0.365
(1.00)
0.155
(1.00)
0.685
(1.00)
0.219
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
20q loss 3 (10%) 28 0.0411
(1.00)
0.85
(1.00)
0.226
(1.00)
0.271
(1.00)
22q loss 15 (48%) 16 0.373
(1.00)
0.71
(1.00)
0.479
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.6
(1.00)
xq loss 7 (23%) 24 0.162
(1.00)
0.816
(1.00)
0.0373
(1.00)
0.541
(1.00)
0.55
(1.00)
Methods & Data
Input
  • Copy number data file = transformed.cor.cli.txt

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

  • Number of patients = 31

  • Number of significantly arm-level cnvs = 55

  • Number of selected clinical features = 5

  • Exclude regions that fewer than K tumors have mutations, K = 3

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] 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)
[2] 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)