Table 1.

Patient cohort ¹.

♦ Glioblastoma Multiforme	GBM	GBM1	GBM2	GBM3	GBM4
Total No. of patients	n = 24	n = 6	n = 6	n = 6	n = 6
Age, Median (range) Mean	67 (33–82) 64.9	64.5 (38–82) 62.7	69.5 (33–76) 63.8	67.5 (49–74) 64.7	66.5 (63–77) 68.5
Sex (%), Male Female	13 (54.2) 11 (45.8)	3 (50) 3 (50)	3 (50) 3 (50)	5 (83.3) 1 (16.7)	2 (33.3) 4 (66.7)
■ Brain Metastasis	BM	BM1	BM2	BM3	BM4
Total No. of patients	n = 24	n = 6	n = 6	n = 6	n = 6
Age, Median (range) Mean	64 (42–82) 64	66.5 (51–82) 67.7	68 (62–71) 67.5	63.5 (42–81) 59.7	59.5 (53–64) 59.5
Sex (%), Male Female	13 (54.2) 11 (45.8)	2 (33.3) 4 (66.7)	3 (50) 3 (50)	4 (66.7) 2 (33.3)	4 (66.7) 2 (33.3)
▲ Meningioma	M	M1	M2	M3	M4
Total No. of patients	n = 24	n = 6	n = 6	n = 6	n = 6
Age, Median (range) Mean	60 (30–79) 58.0	54.5 (39–69) 53.5	62 (30–66) 53	61.5 (44–75) 59.3	66.5 (52–79) 66
Sex (%), Male Female	4 (16.7) 20 (83.3)	0 (0) 6 (100)	0 (0) 6 (100)	1 (16.7) 5 (83.3)	3 (50) 3 (50)
● Control	CTRL	CTRL1	CTRL2	CTRL3	CTRL4
Total No. of patients	n = 24	n = 6	n = 6	n = 6	n = 6
Age, Median (range) Mean	50.5 (20–81) 52.9	46.5 (26–71) 46.5	47 (20–62) 45	70.5 (49–81) 67.2	52.5 (41–69) 53
Sex (%), Male Female	9 (37.5) 15 (62.5)	2 (33.3) 4 (66.7)	4 (66.7) 2 (33.3)	4 (66.7) 2 (33.3)	4 (66.7) 2 (33.3)

¹ The table summarizes the main characteristics of the patient groups examined. Each group (average values highlighted in bald) included 24 individuals, converted into six-sample-pools to yield four samples per group for further analysis.