Correlation between copy number variation genes (focal events) and selected clinical features
Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma (Primary solid tumor)
28 January 2016  |  analyses__2016_01_28
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 (2016): Correlation between copy number variation genes (focal events) and selected clinical features. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. doi:10.7908/C1222T6R
Overview
Introduction

This pipeline computes the correlation between significant copy number variation (cnv focal) genes and selected clinical features.

Summary

Testing the association between copy number variation 28 focal events and 9 clinical features across 162 patients, no significant finding detected with Q value < 0.25.

  • No focal 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 28 focal 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
YEARS
TO
BIRTH
TUMOR
TISSUE
SITE
GENDER RADIATION
THERAPY
KARNOFSKY
PERFORMANCE
SCORE
HISTOLOGICAL
TYPE
NUMBER
OF
LYMPH
NODES
RACE
nCNV (%) nWild-Type logrank test Wilcoxon-test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test Wilcoxon-test Fisher's exact test Wilcoxon-test Fisher's exact test
amp 1q21 3 30 (19%) 132 0.0298
(0.779)
0.631
(1.00)
0.178
(0.995)
0.224
(0.995)
0.00452
(0.569)
0.922
(1.00)
0.388
(1.00)
0.284
(0.995)
0.839
(1.00)
amp 4q31 1 15 (9%) 147 0.722
(1.00)
0.175
(0.995)
0.0758
(0.784)
0.593
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.192
(0.995)
0.386
(1.00)
0.312
(0.995)
0.835
(1.00)
amp 11p15 2 8 (5%) 154 0.579
(1.00)
0.874
(1.00)
0.353
(1.00)
0.292
(0.995)
1
(1.00)
0.969
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.0542
(0.784)
amp 12q13 3 16 (10%) 146 0.434
(1.00)
0.102
(0.879)
0.0765
(0.784)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.799
(1.00)
0.247
(0.995)
0.411
(1.00)
amp 14q24 3 10 (6%) 152 0.172
(0.995)
0.469
(1.00)
0.213
(0.995)
0.514
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.807
(1.00)
0.0782
(0.784)
amp 17q21 31 16 (10%) 146 0.213
(0.995)
0.232
(0.995)
0.31
(0.995)
0.0169
(0.709)
0.0786
(0.784)
0.501
(1.00)
0.485
(1.00)
0.531
(1.00)
0.841
(1.00)
del 1p12 113 (70%) 49 0.8
(1.00)
0.718
(1.00)
0.823
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.765
(1.00)
0.115
(0.881)
0.212
(0.995)
0.0589
(0.784)
del 1q44 21 (13%) 141 0.067
(0.784)
0.755
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.348
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.552
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.292
(0.995)
0.876
(1.00)
del 3p24 1 64 (40%) 98 0.466
(1.00)
0.197
(0.995)
0.136
(0.95)
0.108
(0.879)
0.383
(1.00)
0.455
(1.00)
0.208
(0.995)
0.737
(1.00)
0.274
(0.995)
del 3q26 1 93 (57%) 69 0.252
(0.995)
0.288
(0.995)
0.834
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.829
(1.00)
0.949
(1.00)
0.535
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
del 4q22 1 13 (8%) 149 0.574
(1.00)
0.832
(1.00)
0.47
(1.00)
0.573
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.17
(0.995)
0.499
(1.00)
0.801
(1.00)
del 4q34 2 13 (8%) 149 0.14
(0.954)
0.274
(0.995)
0.127
(0.942)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.17
(0.995)
0.4
(1.00)
0.8
(1.00)
del 5q15 12 (7%) 150 0.553
(1.00)
0.428
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.772
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.247
(0.995)
0.575
(1.00)
0.652
(1.00)
0.31
(0.995)
del 6p12 3 10 (6%) 152 0.459
(1.00)
0.733
(1.00)
0.684
(1.00)
0.112
(0.879)
0.279
(0.995)
0.0309
(0.779)
0.369
(1.00)
0.515
(1.00)
del 6q16 1 24 (15%) 138 0.977
(1.00)
0.459
(1.00)
0.257
(0.995)
0.267
(0.995)
0.561
(1.00)
0.472
(1.00)
0.448
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
del 8p22 25 (15%) 137 0.351
(1.00)
0.149
(0.989)
0.0809
(0.784)
0.383
(1.00)
0.577
(1.00)
0.631
(1.00)
0.0521
(0.784)
0.818
(1.00)
del 8q23 3 13 (8%) 149 0.357
(1.00)
0.583
(1.00)
0.47
(1.00)
0.773
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.848
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
del 9p24 2 15 (9%) 147 0.00121
(0.306)
0.919
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.284
(0.995)
0.0697
(0.784)
0.0309
(0.779)
0.634
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.83
(1.00)
del 9q21 12 14 (9%) 148 0.638
(1.00)
0.594
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.0612
(0.784)
0.0309
(0.779)
0.622
(1.00)
0.821
(1.00)
del 11p15 4 58 (36%) 104 0.0801
(0.784)
0.218
(0.995)
0.202
(0.995)
0.417
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.992
(1.00)
0.26
(0.995)
0.617
(1.00)
0.956
(1.00)
del 11q22 1 50 (31%) 112 0.683
(1.00)
0.279
(0.995)
0.826
(1.00)
0.865
(1.00)
0.326
(1.00)
0.617
(1.00)
0.838
(1.00)
0.44
(1.00)
0.812
(1.00)
del 12q21 33 8 (5%) 154 0.496
(1.00)
0.754
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.728
(1.00)
0.229
(0.995)
0.298
(0.995)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
del 13q22 3 8 (5%) 154 0.594
(1.00)
0.923
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.805
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.23
(0.995)
del 16q21 5 (3%) 157 0.679
(1.00)
0.397
(1.00)
0.588
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.58
(1.00)
del 17p13 2 64 (40%) 98 0.896
(1.00)
0.956
(1.00)
0.0107
(0.709)
0.63
(1.00)
0.383
(1.00)
0.109
(0.879)
0.0513
(0.784)
0.301
(0.995)
0.196
(0.995)
del 17q11 2 42 (26%) 120 0.0627
(0.784)
0.481
(1.00)
0.0159
(0.709)
0.721
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.777
(1.00)
0.0526
(0.784)
0.133
(0.95)
0.154
(0.993)
del 22q13 31 65 (40%) 97 0.0136
(0.709)
0.237
(0.995)
0.0907
(0.839)
0.873
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.651
(1.00)
0.0932
(0.839)
0.0506
(0.784)
0.376
(1.00)
del xp21 1 46 (28%) 116 0.621
(1.00)
0.879
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.323
(1.00)
0.533
(1.00)
0.266
(0.995)
0.946
(1.00)
0.504
(1.00)
Methods & Data
Input
  • Copy number data file = all_lesions.txt from GISTIC pipeline

  • Processed Copy number data file = /xchip/cga/gdac-prod/tcga-gdac/jobResults/GDAC_Correlate_Genomic_Events_Preprocess/PCPG-TP/22533877/transformed.cor.cli.txt

  • Clinical data file = /xchip/cga/gdac-prod/tcga-gdac/jobResults/Append_Data/PCPG-TP/22506925/PCPG-TP.merged_data.txt

  • Number of patients = 162

  • Number of significantly focal cnvs = 28

  • Number of selected clinical features = 9

  • 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

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)