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. 2026 Jul 22;14:155. doi: 10.1186/s40478-026-02382-z

Table 2.

Recursive partitioning for DNA concentration (ng/µl) and cancer cell proportion (%) needed to reach a (a) methylation class classifier score (CS) bigger than 0.84 in the Heidelberg brain tumor classifier, (b) methylation class classifier score (CS) bigger than 0.9 in the Heidelberg brain tumor classifier, (c) family classifier score (CS) bigger than 0.9 in the Bethesda brain tumor classifier, (d) class classifier score (CS) bigger than 0.9 in the Bethesda brain tumor classifier

DNA concentration (ng/µl) > / = 1.21 DNA concentration (ng/µl) < 1.21
(a) Heidelberg brain tumor classifier, methylation class, calibrated score cut-off 0.84
n 192 14
G^2 230 16.75
CS < 0.84 probability 0.29 0.69
CS > 0.84 probability 0.71 0.31
R2 0.039
Split p value 0.1037
Cancer cells (%) > / = 53 Cancer cells (%) < 53
n 157 49
G^2 171.46 66.92
CS < 0.84 probability 0.24 0.57
CS > 0.84 probability 0.76 0.43
R2 0.072
Split p value 0.000999
DNA concentration (ng/µl) > / = 3.18 DNA concentration (ng/µl) < 3.18
(b) Heidelberg brain tumor classifier, methylation class, calibrated score cut-off 0.9
n 163 43
G^2 205.61 59.03
CS < 0.9 probability 0.33 0.55
CS > 0.9 probability 0.67 0.45
R2 0.028
Split p value 0.3152
Cancer cells (%) > / = 62 Cancer cells (%) < 62
n 94 112
G^2 97.31 155.23
CS < 0.9 probability 0.21 0.51
CS > 0.9 probability 0.79 0.49
R2 0.073
Split p value 0.000398
DNA concentration (ng/µl) > / = 2.95 DNA concentration (ng/µl) < 2.95
(c) Bethesda brain tumor classifier, family
n 178 48
G^2 133.15 59.62
CS < 0.9 probability 0.12 0.31
CS > 0.9 probability 0.88 0.69
R2 0.043
Split p value 0.2409
Cancer cells (%) > / = 37.4 Cancer cells (%) < 37.4
n 221 5
G^2 189.76 6.73
CS < 0.9 probability 0.15 0.53
CS > 0.9 probability 0.85 0.47
R2 0.024
Split p value 0.8743
DNA concentration (ng/µl) > / = 1.59 DNA concentration (ng/µl) < 1.59
(d) Bethesda brain tumor classifier, class
n 203 23
G^2 201.49 31.49
CS < 0.9 probability 0.2 0.43
CS > 0.9 probability 0.8 0.57
R2 0.025
Split p value 0.6385
Cancer cells (%) > / = 79.5 Cancer cells (%) < 79.5
n 7 219
G^2 0 235.31
CS < 0.9 probability 0.028 0.23
CS > 0.9 probability 0.97 0.77
R2 0.013
Split p value 0.975