Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients by the five-CpG-based classifier assessment set.

From: A CpG-methylation-based assay to predict survival in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Characteristic

SYSU set ( n =168)

MCHC set ( n =284)

UTSW set ( n =243)

TCGA set ( n =298)

 

No.of patients

Low risk (%)

High risk (%)

No.of patients

Low risk (%)

High risk (%)

No.of patients

Low risk (%)

High risk (%)

No.of patients

Low risk (%)

High risk (%)

Age (years)

 <60

107

51 (48%)

56 (52%)

178

104 (58%)

74 (42%)

128

82 (64%)

46 (36%)

129

71 (55%)

58 (45%)

 ≥60

61

33 (54%)

28 (46%)

106

53 (50%)

53 (50%)

115

60 (52%)

55 (48%)

169

67 (40%)

102 (60%)

Sex

 Male

113

55 (49%)

58 (51%)

190

109 (57%)

81 (43%)

151

87 (58%)

64 (42%)

193

71 (37%)

122 (63%)

 Female

55

29 (53%)

26 (47%)

94

48 (51%)

46 (49%)

92

55 (60%)

37 (40%)

105

67 (64%)

38 (36%)

Race

 Asian

168

84 (50%)

84 (50%)

284

157 (55%)

127 (45%)

4

1 (25%)

3 (75%)

1

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

 White

0

  

0

  

183

104 (57%)

79 (43%)

264

120 (45%)

144 (55%)

 Black

0

  

0

  

36

23 (64%)

13 (36%)

30

18 (60%)

12 (40%)

 Not available

0

  

0

  

20

14 (70%)

6 (30%)

3

0 (0%)

3 (100%)

Grade

 G1

8

6 (75%)

2 (25%)

21

15 (71%)

6 (29%)

10

8 (80%)

2 (20%)

6

6 (100%)

0 (0%)

 G2

87

42 (48%)

45 (52%)

134

80 (60%)

54 (40%)

128

84 (66%)

44 (34%)

123

75 (61%)

48 (39%)

 G3

51

25 (49%)

26 (51%)

88

45 (51%)

43 (49%)

77

38 (49%)

39 (51%)

120

50 (42%)

70 (58%)

 G4

22

11 (50%)

11 (50%)

41

17 (41%)

24 (59%)

28

12 (43%)

16 (57%)

49

7 (14%)

42 (86%)

Tumour size

<5 cm

60

33 (55%)

27 (45%)

140

76 (54%)

64 (46%)

136

93 (68%)

43 (32%)

119

76 (64%)

43 (36%)

 ≥5 cm

108

51 (47%)

57 (53%)

144

81 (56%)

63 (44%)

107

49 (46%)

58 (54%)

178

62 (35%)

116 (65%)

 Not available

0

  

0

  

0

  

1

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

Tumour necrosis

 Absent

104

56 (54%)

48 (46%)

189

102 (54%)

87 (46%)

164

103 (63%)

61 (37%)

138

71 (51%)

67 (49%)

 Present

64

28 (44%)

36 (56%)

95

55 (58%)

40 (42%)

70

32 (46%)

38 (54%)

160

67 (42%)

93 (58%)

 Not available

0

  

0

  

9

7 (78%)

2 (22%)

0

  

pT

 T1

97

49 (51%)

48 (49%)

180

101 (56%)

79 (44%)

156

107 (69%)

49 (31%)

145

95 (66%)

50 (34%)

 T2

30

15 (50%)

15 (50%)

54

27 (50%)

27 (50%)

30

10 (33%)

20 (67%)

38

18 (47%)

20 (53%)

 T3

37

17 (46%)

20 (54%)

46

27 (59%)

19 (41%)

52

24 (46%)

28 (54%)

107

23 (21%)

84 (79%)

 T4

4

3 (75%)

1 (25%)

4

2 (50%)

2 (50%)

5

1 (20%)

4 (80%)

8

2 (25%)

6 (75%)

pN

 N0

152

78 (51%)

74 (49%)

267

151 (57%)

116 (43%)

226

134 (59%)

92 (41%)

129

62 (48%)

67 (52%)

 N1

16

6 (37%)

10 (63%)

17

6 (35%)

11 (65%)

17

8 (47%)

9 (53%)

8

1 (12%)

7 (88%)

 NX

0

  

0

  

0

  

161

75 (47%)

86 (53%)

M

 M0

163

83 (51%)

80 (49%)

274

150 (55%)

124 (45%)

221

136 (62%)

85 (38%)

244

125 (51%)

119 (49%)

 M1

5

1 (20%)

4 (80%)

10

7 (70%)

3 (30%)

22

6 (27%)

16 (73%)

54

13 (24%)

41 (76%)

Stage (clinical)

 Stage I

91

45 (49%)

46 (51%)

171

96 (56%)

75 (44%)

155

107 (69%)

48 (31%)

141

95 (67%)

46 (33%)

 Stage II

27

15 (56%)

12 (44%)

48

24 (50%)

24 (50%)

25

9 (36%)

16 (64%)

28

15 (54%)

13 (46%)

 Stage III

36

17 (47%)

19 (53%)

43

28 (65%)

15 (35%)

39

20 (51%)

19 (49%)

73

15 (20%)

58 (80%)

 Stage IV

14

7 (50%)

7 (50%)

22

9 (41%)

13 (59%)

24

6 (25%)

18 (75%)

56

13 (23%)

43 (77%)

  1. MCHC, multiple clinical centres in China; SYSU, Sun Yat-sen University; TCGA, The Cancer Genome Atlas; UTSW, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.