Table 1 Study cohorts.

From: The salivary metatranscriptome as an accurate diagnostic indicator of oral cancer

 

A: High-risk OC+OPMD discovery cohort

B: High-risk OC+OPMD cross-validation (A+27 samples)

C: Average-risk OC-only (OC subset of A + 7 average-risk)

D: Average-risk technical validation

Total unique across all cohorts

Number of participants

117

144

99

91

242

    Controls

59

75

49

91

171

    Cases

58

69

50

n/a

71

Number of samples total

117

117 from Cohort A+

92 from Cohort A+

282

n/a

 Unique samples

117

27

7

282

433

Cases

58

69

50

n/a

71

    Pre-malignant

10

14

n/a

n/a

14

    Malignant

48

55

50

n/a

57

Sex (% female)

37.6

37.5

40.4

38.7

38.8

    Controls

54.2

50.7

57.1

38.7

 

    Cases

20.7

23.2

24

n/a

 

Age (y) mean ± std

60.2 ± 11.3

61.4 ± 11.4

59.7 ± 12.6

22.6 ± 10.5

37.2 ± 21.7

    Controls

56.3 ± 10

58.5 ± 11

56 ± 10.8

22.6 ± 10.5

 

    Cases

64.1 ± 11.4

64.5 ± 11.1

63.3 ± 13.3

n/a

 
  1. The 433 unique samples in this study (57 OC samples, 14 OPMD samples, and 362 cancer-free samples) are organized into 4 cohorts A, B, C, and D according to the study goals. High-risk population is 50 years or older OR a history of smoking (current or past smoker). Average-risk population is the general population across all backgrounds and histories.