Table 1.

Data sources and attributes.

GEO accession	Sample size		Platform	Experiment type
	Normal samples	CC samples
GSE39814 [33]	3	6	Agilent-021827 Human miRNA Microarray G4470C (feature number version)	Noncoding RNA profiling by array
GSE39833 [33]	11	88	Agilent-021827 Human miRNA Microarray G4470C (feature number version)	Noncoding RNA profiling by array
GSE41258 [34]	54	186	[HG-U133A] Affymetrix Human Genome U133A Array	Expression profiling by array
GSE44076 [35]	148	98	[HG-U219] Affymetrix Human Genome U219 Array	Expression profiling by array
GSE74602	30	30	Illumina humanRef-8 v2.0 expression beadchip	Expression profiling by array
GSE10972 [36]	24	24	Illumina humanRef-8 v2.0 expression beadchip	Expression profiling by array
GSE41328 [37]	10	10	[HG-U133_Plus_2] Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array	Expression profiling by array

CC: colon cancer.