Table 2.
Description of the data downloaded from GEO
| Condition | Description | Study name |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | 120 Microarray, 62 male, 55 female, 3 unknown, age 20–70 and 35 unknown, muscle 114 quadriceps and 6 unknown | GSE674, GSE6011 |
| Diseased | ||
| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) | 9 Microarrays, 9 male, mean age 50, unknown muscle | GSE3307 |
| Acute quadriplegic myopathy (AQM) | 3 Microarrays, 1 male and 2 female, mean age 72.3, unknown muscle | GSE1017 |
| Dermatomyositis (DM) | 5 Microarrays, gender unknown, mean age 57.7 (one microarray with unknown age), unknown muscle | GSE5370 |
| Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) | 4 Microarrays, 3 male and 1 female, mean age 37.3, unknown muscle | GSE1462 |
| Polymyositis (PM) | 6 Microarrays, unknown gender, unknown age, unknown muscle | GSE3112 |
| Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) | 23 Microarray, male, age 1.5–61 months, muscle quadriceps | GSE6011 |