Table 2. Correlation of within donor and preservation method probe error with probe properties.

	PAXgene®RNA					RNAgard®					PBMC/Trizol
	Var	p-val	FD	vs Gard	vs PBMC	Var	p-val	FD	vs Pax	vs PBMC	Var	p-val	FD	vs pax	vs gard
Dist3	-0.009	0.001	0.032	0.031	0.035	0.000	0.006	0.054	0.031	0.056	-0.022	0.008	0.060	0.035	0.056
Dist5	-0.034	0.013	0.000	0.001	0.076	-0.026	0.024	0.027	0.001	0.054	-0.036	0.004	0.031	0.076	0.054
TranscriptSize	-0.034	0.012	0.009	0.008	0.081	-0.025	0.025	0.040	0.008	0.065	-0.040	0.005	0.044	0.081	0.065
GeneSize	-0.032	0.013	0.012	0.003	0.087	-0.021	0.024	0.046	0.003	0.068	-0.036	0.007	0.049	0.087	0.068
GCpercent	0.017	-0.010	0.021	0.072	-0.056	0.088	-0.011	0.045	0.072	-0.035	-0.001	-0.006	0.061	-0.056	-0.035
meanM	0.312	-0.101	0.150	-0.258	-0.223	0.286	-0.024	0.043	-0.258	-0.196	0.244	-0.067	0.013	-0.223	-0.196
meanA	-0.007	-0.171	-0.221	-0.252	-0.384	-0.020	-0.159	-0.357	-0.252	-0.398	-0.023	-0.124	-0.477	-0.384	-0.398