Table 1 Descriptive statistics for RQI values according to the hospital, the tissue type and the mean of collection.
From: The focus on sample quality: Influence of colon tissue collection on reliability of qPCR data
Hospital | Collection mode | Status of tissue | Num. of samples | Mean RQI | STD | maximum | median | minimum | IQR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | PAXgene Tissue System | healthy | 14 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 6.9 | 0.6 |
tumour | 14 | 7.8 | 0.9 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 5.3 | 0.7 | ||
Snap-freezing | healthy | 14 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 8.1 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 3.4 | |
tumour | 14 | 6.1 | 2.4 | 9.3 | 7.3 | 2.2 | 4.4 | ||
B | PAXgene Tissue System | healthy | 16 | 6.3 | 1.7 | 8.6 | 5.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
tumour | 16 | 6.0 | 1.8 | 8.3 | 6.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
Freezing | healthy | 16 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 7.6 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 1.6 | |
tumour | 16 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 2.6 | 4.3 |
