Table 2. Cox regression analyses of association between gene expression (high versus low expression; cutpoint: median) and PFS and OS (N = 51 patients with nsNSCLC).
Association with PFS | Association with OS | |||||
HR | p-value | FDR | HR | p-value | FDR | |
Chromosome 16 open reading frame 89 (C16orf89) | 0.30 | <0.001 | 0.025 | 0.34 | 0.002 | 0.307 |
Napsin A | 0.37 | 0.002 | 0.059 | 0.38 | <0.001 | 0.307 |
Surfactant protein B | 0.24 | <0.001 | 0.023 | 0.37 | 0.002 | 0.307 |
Aquaporin 4 | 0.32 | <0.001 | 0.034 | 0.30 | 0.008 | 0.339 |
TRAF2- and Nck-interacting kinase | 0.28 | <0.001 | 0.023 | 0.25 | 0.003 | 0.339 |
Lysophosphatidyl-cholineacyl-transferase 1 | 0.31 | <0.001 | 0.045 | 0.36 | 0.001 | 0.307 |
IL-1 receptor, type II | 2.54 | 0.004 | 0.092 | 2.54 | 0.005 | 0.339 |
NKX2-1 (TTF-1) | 0.37 | 0.001 | 0.052 | 0.32 | 0.004 | 0.339 |
ABO glycosyl-transferase | 0.38 | 0.002 | 0.068 | 0.33 | <0.001 | 0.168 |
Derived from mRNA profiling data using the Almac Lung Cancer-DSA microarray (1,030 selected genes) [11]. FDR was calculated across 1,030 genes for each endpoint and biomarker type.
Abbreviations: FDR, False Discovery Rate; HR, hazard ratio; IL, interleukin; mRNA, messenger ribonucleic acid; N, number of patients; NKX2-1, NK2 homeobox 1; nsNSCLC, non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer; OS, overall survival; PFS, progression-free survival; TTF-1, transcription factor 1.