Table 8 PCA summary before and after batch correction with ComBat
Pre-ComBat | Post-ComBat | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Metric | PC1 | PC2 | PC1 | PC2 |
Variance explained (%) | 18.2% | 10.5% | 17.4% | 9.8% |
PC1 association with center (p) | 1 × 10−12 | – | 0.45 | – |
PC1 association with disease (p) | 0.21 | – | 1 × 10−4 | – |
PC2 association with plate (p) | – | 1 × 10−3 | – | 0.63 |
PC2 association with disease (p) | – | 0.35 | – | 0.018 |