Table 1.

The first 14 rows show the number of p-values less than 0.05 for each covariate at each iteration of the backward selection algorithm applied to the RFI RNA-seq data.

	$\ell =1$	$\ell =2$	$\ell =3$	$\ell =4$	$\ell =5$	$\ell =6$	$\ell =7$	$\ell =8$	$\ell =9$
RINb	202
Order	235	324
Eosi	303	340	320
Conca	450	503	421	409
Diet	392	497	489	507	335
RFI	585	708	1004	1042	879	917
Baso	255	458	742	742	1262	1396	1275
Mono	1400	1531	1293	1519	1371	1496	1506	1432
Line	722	1221	1682	1793	1676	1949	2303	2139	2235
Concb	1680	2635	3015	3326	4353	4414	4385	4331	4153
RINa	281	681	1939	2020	2100	2118	2543	2594	2997
Neut	1138	1704	2123	2155	2290	2350	2352	2987	2919
Lymp	625	818	1119	1251	1350	1393	1354	1606	4225
Block	967	1259	1867	2152	2379	2456	2406	2380	2440
$R_{\ell }(0.05)$	2	2	1	1	0	46	448	337	379

The last row $R_{\ell }(0.05)$ is the number of q-values less than or equal to 0.05 for the test of the Line factor in each iteration