Correlation between gene mutation status and selected clinical features
Overview
Introduction

This pipeline computes the correlation between significantly recurrent gene mutations and selected clinical features.

Summary

Testing the association between mutation status of 22 genes and 6 clinical features across 261 patients, 14 significant findings detected with Q value < 0.25.

  • NOTCH1 mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • IDH1 mutation correlated to 'Time to Death' and 'AGE'.

  • TP53 mutation correlated to 'AGE' and 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • CIC mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • ATRX mutation correlated to 'AGE' and 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • FUBP1 mutation correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

  • EGFR mutation correlated to 'Time to Death' and 'AGE'.

  • PTEN mutation correlated to 'Time to Death' and 'AGE'.

  • NF1 mutation correlated to 'Time to Death'.

Results
Overview of the results

Table 1.  Get Full Table Overview of the association between mutation status of 22 genes and 6 clinical features. Shown in the table are P values (Q values). Thresholded by Q value < 0.25, 14 significant findings detected.

Clinical
Features
Time
to
Death
AGE GENDER KARNOFSKY
PERFORMANCE
SCORE
HISTOLOGICAL
TYPE
RADIATIONS
RADIATION
REGIMENINDICATION
nMutated (%) nWild-Type logrank test t-test Fisher's exact test t-test Fisher's exact test Fisher's exact test
IDH1 198 (76%) 63 9.52e-08
(1.18e-05)
0.00112
(0.13)
0.11
(1.00)
0.147
(1.00)
0.0237
(1.00)
0.758
(1.00)
TP53 132 (51%) 129 0.519
(1.00)
2.69e-07
(3.31e-05)
0.0822
(1.00)
0.329
(1.00)
1.47e-08
(1.85e-06)
0.0181
(1.00)
ATRX 104 (40%) 157 0.142
(1.00)
8.75e-08
(1.09e-05)
0.0312
(1.00)
0.318
(1.00)
6.25e-05
(0.0075)
0.0599
(1.00)
EGFR 15 (6%) 246 2.57e-11
(3.29e-09)
1.03e-08
(1.31e-06)
1
(1.00)
0.0759
(1.00)
0.375
(1.00)
0.154
(1.00)
PTEN 13 (5%) 248 5.75e-06
(0.000701)
0.000729
(0.0853)
0.574
(1.00)
0.146
(1.00)
0.00237
(0.272)
0.762
(1.00)
NOTCH1 24 (9%) 237 0.85
(1.00)
0.0157
(1.00)
0.669
(1.00)
0.715
(1.00)
0.000359
(0.0427)
0.497
(1.00)
CIC 52 (20%) 209 0.0629
(1.00)
0.304
(1.00)
0.277
(1.00)
0.515
(1.00)
8.19e-12
(1.06e-09)
0.068
(1.00)
FUBP1 26 (10%) 235 1
(1.00)
0.00247
(0.281)
0.838
(1.00)
0.87
(1.00)
6.62e-06
(0.000801)
1
(1.00)
NF1 19 (7%) 242 0.00038
(0.0449)
0.231
(1.00)
0.816
(1.00)
0.291
(1.00)
0.0377
(1.00)
0.202
(1.00)
PIK3CA 24 (9%) 237 0.0427
(1.00)
0.0936
(1.00)
0.831
(1.00)
0.481
(1.00)
0.0878
(1.00)
0.497
(1.00)
IDH2 12 (5%) 249 0.256
(1.00)
0.0382
(1.00)
0.772
(1.00)
0.919
(1.00)
0.00983
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
STK19 5 (2%) 256 0.688
(1.00)
0.691
(1.00)
0.659
(1.00)
0.523
(1.00)
0.177
(1.00)
PIK3R1 12 (5%) 249 0.575
(1.00)
0.0582
(1.00)
0.235
(1.00)
0.861
(1.00)
0.272
(1.00)
0.213
(1.00)
PCDHAC2 13 (5%) 248 0.699
(1.00)
0.185
(1.00)
0.574
(1.00)
0.456
(1.00)
0.204
(1.00)
0.127
(1.00)
CREBZF 4 (2%) 257 0.73
(1.00)
0.215
(1.00)
0.328
(1.00)
0.349
(1.00)
0.471
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
EIF1AX 4 (2%) 257 0.384
(1.00)
0.99
(1.00)
0.13
(1.00)
0.919
(1.00)
0.185
(1.00)
0.598
(1.00)
HTRA2 4 (2%) 257 0.852
(1.00)
0.136
(1.00)
0.63
(1.00)
0.566
(1.00)
0.307
(1.00)
VAV3 6 (2%) 255 0.39
(1.00)
0.918
(1.00)
0.413
(1.00)
0.0439
(1.00)
0.882
(1.00)
0.395
(1.00)
SPANXE 4 (2%) 257 0.39
(1.00)
0.987
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.388
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
TCF12 8 (3%) 253 0.3
(1.00)
0.0906
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.422
(1.00)
0.179
(1.00)
0.281
(1.00)
SMARCA4 12 (5%) 249 0.124
(1.00)
0.162
(1.00)
1
(1.00)
0.0156
(1.00)
0.702
(1.00)
0.0626
(1.00)
BCOR 8 (3%) 253 0.915
(1.00)
0.473
(1.00)
0.0242
(1.00)
0.0583
(1.00)
0.349
(1.00)
0.718
(1.00)
'NOTCH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 0.000359 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 0.043

Table S1.  Gene #1: 'NOTCH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ASTROCYTOMA OLIGOASTROCYTOMA OLIGODENDROGLIOMA
ALL 81 74 106
NOTCH1 MUTATED 2 3 19
NOTCH1 WILD-TYPE 79 71 87

Figure S1.  Get High-res Image Gene #1: 'NOTCH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'IDH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'Time to Death'

P value = 9.52e-08 (logrank test), Q value = 1.2e-05

Table S2.  Gene #4: 'IDH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #1: 'Time to Death'

nPatients nDeath Duration Range (Median), Month
ALL 261 55 0.0 - 182.3 (15.1)
IDH1 MUTATED 198 32 0.0 - 182.3 (16.0)
IDH1 WILD-TYPE 63 23 0.1 - 133.7 (11.9)

Figure S2.  Get High-res Image Gene #4: 'IDH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #1: 'Time to Death'

'IDH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'AGE'

P value = 0.00112 (t-test), Q value = 0.13

Table S3.  Gene #4: 'IDH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

nPatients Mean (Std.Dev)
ALL 261 42.9 (13.4)
IDH1 MUTATED 198 41.3 (12.8)
IDH1 WILD-TYPE 63 48.0 (14.3)

Figure S3.  Get High-res Image Gene #4: 'IDH1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'AGE'

P value = 2.69e-07 (t-test), Q value = 3.3e-05

Table S4.  Gene #5: 'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

nPatients Mean (Std.Dev)
ALL 261 42.9 (13.4)
TP53 MUTATED 132 38.8 (12.0)
TP53 WILD-TYPE 129 47.1 (13.5)

Figure S4.  Get High-res Image Gene #5: 'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 1.47e-08 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 1.8e-06

Table S5.  Gene #5: 'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ASTROCYTOMA OLIGOASTROCYTOMA OLIGODENDROGLIOMA
ALL 81 74 106
TP53 MUTATED 54 48 30
TP53 WILD-TYPE 27 26 76

Figure S5.  Get High-res Image Gene #5: 'TP53 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'CIC MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 8.19e-12 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 1.1e-09

Table S6.  Gene #7: 'CIC MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ASTROCYTOMA OLIGOASTROCYTOMA OLIGODENDROGLIOMA
ALL 81 74 106
CIC MUTATED 1 9 42
CIC WILD-TYPE 80 65 64

Figure S6.  Get High-res Image Gene #7: 'CIC MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'ATRX MUTATION STATUS' versus 'AGE'

P value = 8.75e-08 (t-test), Q value = 1.1e-05

Table S7.  Gene #8: 'ATRX MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

nPatients Mean (Std.Dev)
ALL 261 42.9 (13.4)
ATRX MUTATED 104 37.7 (11.7)
ATRX WILD-TYPE 157 46.4 (13.4)

Figure S7.  Get High-res Image Gene #8: 'ATRX MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

'ATRX MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 6.25e-05 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 0.0075

Table S8.  Gene #8: 'ATRX MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ASTROCYTOMA OLIGOASTROCYTOMA OLIGODENDROGLIOMA
ALL 81 74 106
ATRX MUTATED 37 41 26
ATRX WILD-TYPE 44 33 80

Figure S8.  Get High-res Image Gene #8: 'ATRX MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'FUBP1 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

P value = 6.62e-06 (Fisher's exact test), Q value = 8e-04

Table S9.  Gene #9: 'FUBP1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

nPatients ASTROCYTOMA OLIGOASTROCYTOMA OLIGODENDROGLIOMA
ALL 81 74 106
FUBP1 MUTATED 1 3 22
FUBP1 WILD-TYPE 80 71 84

Figure S9.  Get High-res Image Gene #9: 'FUBP1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #5: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

'EGFR MUTATION STATUS' versus 'Time to Death'

P value = 2.57e-11 (logrank test), Q value = 3.3e-09

Table S10.  Gene #10: 'EGFR MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #1: 'Time to Death'

nPatients nDeath Duration Range (Median), Month
ALL 261 55 0.0 - 182.3 (15.1)
EGFR MUTATED 15 6 0.5 - 13.6 (6.5)
EGFR WILD-TYPE 246 49 0.0 - 182.3 (16.0)

Figure S10.  Get High-res Image Gene #10: 'EGFR MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #1: 'Time to Death'

'EGFR MUTATION STATUS' versus 'AGE'

P value = 1.03e-08 (t-test), Q value = 1.3e-06

Table S11.  Gene #10: 'EGFR MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

nPatients Mean (Std.Dev)
ALL 261 42.9 (13.4)
EGFR MUTATED 15 60.5 (7.1)
EGFR WILD-TYPE 246 41.8 (13.0)

Figure S11.  Get High-res Image Gene #10: 'EGFR MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

'PTEN MUTATION STATUS' versus 'Time to Death'

P value = 5.75e-06 (logrank test), Q value = 7e-04

Table S12.  Gene #13: 'PTEN MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #1: 'Time to Death'

nPatients nDeath Duration Range (Median), Month
ALL 261 55 0.0 - 182.3 (15.1)
PTEN MUTATED 13 5 0.5 - 21.0 (10.4)
PTEN WILD-TYPE 248 50 0.0 - 182.3 (15.5)

Figure S12.  Get High-res Image Gene #13: 'PTEN MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #1: 'Time to Death'

'PTEN MUTATION STATUS' versus 'AGE'

P value = 0.000729 (t-test), Q value = 0.085

Table S13.  Gene #13: 'PTEN MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

nPatients Mean (Std.Dev)
ALL 261 42.9 (13.4)
PTEN MUTATED 13 55.3 (10.5)
PTEN WILD-TYPE 248 42.2 (13.3)

Figure S13.  Get High-res Image Gene #13: 'PTEN MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #2: 'AGE'

'NF1 MUTATION STATUS' versus 'Time to Death'

P value = 0.00038 (logrank test), Q value = 0.045

Table S14.  Gene #21: 'NF1 MUTATION STATUS' versus Clinical Feature #1: 'Time to Death'

nPatients nDeath Duration Range (Median), Month
ALL 261 55 0.0 - 182.3 (15.1)
NF1 MUTATED 19 8 0.2 - 73.0 (18.0)
NF1 WILD-TYPE 242 47 0.0 - 182.3 (15.1)

Figure S14.  Get High-res Image Gene #21: 'NF1 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 = 261

  • Number of significantly mutated genes = 22

  • Number of selected clinical features = 6

  • 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

Student's t-test analysis

For continuous numerical clinical features, two-tailed Student's t test with unequal variance (Lehmann and Romano 2005) was applied to compare the clinical values between tumors with and without gene mutations using 't.test' 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.

References
[1] Bland and Altman, Statistics notes: The logrank test, BMJ 328(7447):1073 (2004)
[2] Lehmann and Romano, Testing Statistical Hypotheses (3E ed.), New York: Springer. ISBN 0387988645 (2005)
[3] 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)
[4] 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)