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Tumor mutation characteristics by fluid type
| Variant Statistic | Tumor n = 34 |
BAL cfDNA n = 31 |
Plasma n = 34 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tumor variants detected* | 34 (100%) | 25 (81%) | 16 (47%) |
| Mean number of variants | 5.1 | 1.9 | 0.91 |
| Median number of variants | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Mean VAF% | 12.9 | 6.6 | 2.5 |
| Median VAF% | 4.2 | 2.4 | 0.09 |
| Mean VAF%, drivers only | 17.4 | 9.0 | 3.3 |
| Median VAF%, drivers only | 8.9 | 2.4 | 0.08 |
Including indels, see Supp Table 5; p < 0.05 level using a Monte-Carlo approach described in the methods.
