Table 1 Patient and sample characteristics

From: Gene expression profiles of gliomas in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded material

Db no

Survival (years)

Status

PA diagnosis

Age FFPE material (years)

RIN score

Correlation ( r 2 ) FF and FFPE

P -value correlation FF and FFPE

 8

9.82

Dead

OD III

15.3

1.90

0.24

<0.001

 40

10.28

Dead

OD III

18.9

2.20

0.29

<0.001

 55

17.49

Dead

OD III

23.9

2.30

0.30

<0.001

 63

3.28

Dead

GBM

9.9

2.40

0.12

<0.001

 77

1.30

Dead

GBM

12.2

2.60

0.03

0.02

 92

1.26

Dead

GBM

11.3

1.10

0.20

<0.001

 98

0.98

Dead

GBM

12.1

2.30

0.13

<0.001

 99

0.86

Dead

GBM

13.3

N/A

0.03

0.024

104

0.21

Dead

GBM

10.4

N/A

0.15

0.024

105

1.03

Dead

GBM

16.0

N/A

0.08

<0.001

112

0.59

Dead

GBM

16.0

N/A

0.10

<0.001

119

0.18

Dead

GBM

13.1

2.30

0.15

<0.001

123

2.05

Dead

GBM

13.9

2.50

0.15

<0.001

130

6.31

Dead

GBM

15.1

1.40

0.08

<0.001

134

1.48

Dead

A II

13.9

N/A

0.06

<0.001

143

4.79

Dead

A II

13.4

2.70

0.10

<0.001

174

0.28

Dead

GBM

19.3

N/A

0.05

<0.001

183

0.12

Dead

GBM

12.3

N/A

0.14

<0.001

194

0.19

Dead

A III

20.8

1.90

0.13

<0.001

198

6.27

Dead

A III

21.8

2.40

0.11

<0.001

199

1.11

Dead

GBM

20.2

2.10

0.14

<0.001

206

0.29

Dead

GBM

11.7

2.50

0.03

0.028

209

1.96

Dead

OA III

11.0

2.50

0.09

<0.001

227

3.10

Lost to follow-up

GBM

10.9

N/A

0.01

0.22

253

0.62

Dead

GBM

9.3

2.20

0.32

<0.001

256

0.27

Dead

GBM

14.1

2.40

0.15

<0.001

257

3.30

Dead

OD III

17.9

2.50

0.23

<0.001

258

2.26

Dead

GBM

18.4

2.50

0.12

<0.001

259

5.02

Dead

OD III

13.5

2.40

0.02

0.087

286

5.56

Lost to follow-up

GBM

24.6

2.30

0.13

<0.001

291

0.63

Dead

OA III

20.3

2.10

0.24

<0.001

293

2.99

Dead

OD III

22.7

2.50

0.10

<0.001

315

0.61

Dead

GBM

15.4

N/A

0.14

<0.001

336

1.19

Dead

A II

11.9

2.40

0.15

<0.001

353

9.79

Dead

GBM

26.0

2.10

0.10

<0.001

380

1.61

Dead

GBM

7.5

2.20

0.04

0.002

387

3.32

Dead

GBM

17.0

N/A

0.12

<0.001

393

0.06

Dead

GBM

14.2

2.10

0.17

<0.001

416

15.82

Dead

OD III

26.4

2.50

0.14

<0.001

420

1.32

Dead

A II

17.4

N/A

0.06

<0.001

441

3.76

Dead

OA II

18.9

2.50

0.02

0.06

445

1.18

Dead

OA III

18.9

2.20

0.25

<0.001

446

0.45

Dead

A III

8.9

1.60

0.04

<0.001

467

0.05

Dead

A III

10.9

2.50

0.01

0.15

473

1.20

Dead

A III

22.7

2.50

0.20

<0.001

515

0.35

Dead

GBM

7.4

2.50

0.00

0.45

536

6.39

Alive

OA II

6.6

2.40

0.13

<0.001

565

2.79

Dead

GBM

14.2

1.90

0.23

<0.001

566

0.48

Dead

GBM

13.8

N/A

0.18

<0.001

568

16.31

Alive

OA III

16.5

2.60

0.20

<0.001

619

0.48

Dead

OD III

11.9

2.50

0.28

<0.001

628

7.52

Dead

A II

10.9

N/A

0.21

<0.001

629

2.22

Dead

GBM

10.8

2.50

0.08

<0.001

711

14.18

Alive

PA

14.3

1.30

0.10

<0.001

712

0.19

Lost to follow-up

PA

13.9

2.60

0.17

<0.001

  1. Abbreviations: A III=astrocytoma grade III; A II=astrocytoma grade II; Db=database number; FF=fresh frozen; FFPE=fixed in formalin and embedded in paraffin; GBM=glioblastoma; OA II=oligoastrocytoma grade II; OA III=oligoastrocytoma grade III; OD II; oligodendroglioma grade II; OD III=oligodendroglioma grade III; RIN=RNA integrity number.