Table 4 Significant correlations between the clinical/demographic variables and the rare events identified by HDSCA3.0 in the liquid biopsy samples collected from the PoVB and PB (Pre-procedure) from PDAC patients

From: Circulating tumor cell and oncosome subtypes in portal and peripheral venous circulations may be used for diagnosis and prognostication of pancreatic cancer

Variable

Rare event

Clinical metric

Correlation method

Correlation value

P-Value

PB

CK | V Onco

Age

Spearman

0.3834

0.0191

PB

CK Onco

Gender

Wilcoxon Rank Sum

−2.4066

0.0161

PB

D | CD

Mass Location: body

Wilcoxon Rank Sum

−2.1594

0.0308

PB

D | V | CD

Survival Status

Wilcoxon Rank Sum

−3.2609

0.0011

PB

D | CK | V | CD

Survival Status

Wilcoxon Rank Sum

−2.3314

0.0197

PB

Total CK+ Cells

Survival Status

Wilcoxon Rank Sum

−2.3162

0.0205

PB

Total Cells

Survival Status

Wilcoxon Rank Sum

−2.2552

0.0241

PB

Total Events

Survival Status

Wilcoxon Rank Sum

−2.2552

0.0241

PB

D | V | CD

Survival Time from EUS

Spearman

−0.3866

0.0218

PB

CK | CD Onco

Survival Time from EUS

Spearman

−0.3717

0.0279

PB

D | CK | CD

Survival Time from EUS

Spearman

−0.3518

0.0382

PoVB

Mes.CTC

1-year Survival

Wilcoxon Rank Sum

2.6404

0.0083

PoVB

Total Oncosomes

Age

Spearman

−0.3771

0.0214

PoVB

Total Events

Age

Spearman

−0.3440

0.0371

PoVB

Total Cells

Age

Spearman

−0.3351

0.0426

PoVB

Total CK+ Cells

Age

Spearman

−0.3326

0.0443

PoVB

D | V

Location of Mass

Wilcoxon Rank Sum

2.1213

0.0339

PoVB

D | CK | CD

Mass Location: head

Wilcoxon Rank Sum

2.6819

0.0073

PoVB

D | CK | CD

Mass Location: Tail

Wilcoxon Rank Sum

−2.7390

0.0062

PoVB

D

Survival Time from EUS

Spearman

−0.4475

0.0070

PoVB

Mes.CTC

Survival Time from EUS

Spearman

−0.3628

0.0322

PoVB

D | V

Survival Time from EUS

Spearman

−0.3530

0.0375