Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of datasets
| Study | Country | GEO accession | Platform | Sample type | Experiment type | Case/Control | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Age (mean ± SD) | Male% | ||||||
| Allende M | Spain | GSE66724 | GPL570 | PBLa | mRNA | 8/8 | / | / |
| Stamova B | USA | GSE58294 | GPL570 | PBL | mRNA | 23/23 | 71.7 ± 7.9/57.9 ± 3.3 | 52.2/52.2 |
| Krug T | Portugal | GSE22255 | GPL570 | PBL | mRNA | 20/20 | 60.2 ± 10.6/58.7 ± 11.0 | 50.0/50.0 |
| Tian C | China | GSE86291 | GPL18402 | Plasma | microRNA | 7/4 | 64.4 ± 16.5/59.8 ± 4.0 | 85.7/75.0 |
| Jickling GC | USA | GSE55937 | GPL16384 | PBL | microRNA | 24/24 | 62.4 ± 8.1/63.8 ± 8.5 | 50/50 |
aPeripheral blood lymphocytes