Table 3 The Cox regression models trained for BRCA and GBM for all patients and for each specific patient group, with different combinations of covariates. Significant covariates and C-index are listed for each model.
From: Tumour-specific Causal Inference Discovers Distinct Disease Mechanisms Underlying Cancer Subtypes
Cox regression model | BRCA | C-index | GBM | C-index |
---|---|---|---|---|
Significant covariates (coefficient) | Significant covariates (coefficient) | |||
All patients-all covariates | ER status (−0.118) | 0.724 | age at diagnosis (0.486) | 0.665 |
Her2 status (0.122) |  | module 1 (−0.496) |  | |
age at diagnosis (0.196) | Â | module 4 (0.374) | Â | |
tumour histology type (−0.226) |  | module 11 (0.738) |  | |
lymph node assessment (0.264) | Â | Â | Â | |
size of tumour (0.169) | Â | Â | Â | |
module 2 (0.201) | Â | Â | Â | |
module 5 (−0.205) |  |  |  | |
Patient group 1-all covariates | tumour histology type (−0.504) | 0.665 | age at diagnosis (0.475) | 0.684 |
lymph node assessment (0.687) |  | module 7 (−0.479) |  | |
module 2 (0.450) | Â | module 11 (1.816) | Â | |
Patient group 2-all covariates | Her2 status (0.335) | 0.701 | age at diagnosis (0.496) | 0.688 |
age at diagnosis (0.473) | Â | module 2 (0.689) | Â | |
lymph node assessment (0.179) | Â | module 12 (1.400) | Â | |
size of tumour (0.455) | Â | Â | Â | |
module 1 (0.408) | Â | Â | Â | |
module 2 (0.270) | Â | Â | Â | |
module 5 (−0.497) |  |  |  | |
Patient group 3-all covariates | tumour histology type (−0.605) | 0.680 | age at diagnosis (0.620) | 0.624 |
lymph node assessment (0.354) | Â | Â | Â | |
Patient group 4-all covariates | ER status (−0.508) | 0.717 | module 4 (1.079) | 0.707 |
PR status (−0.354) |  | module 8 (1.796) |  | |
age at diagnosis (0.311) |  | module 9 (−1.066) |  | |
lymph node assessment (0.368) | Â | Â | Â | |
size of tumour (0.118) | Â | Â | Â | |
module 2 (0.378) | Â | Â | Â | |
Patient group 5-all covariates | lymph node assessment (0.226) | 0.680 | age at diagnosis (0.384) | 0.759 |
size of tumour (0.248) |  | module 1 (−1.840) |  | |
 |  | module 2 (−1.144) |  | |
 |  | module 3 (1.862) |  | |
 |  | module 5 (−1.609) |  | |
 |  | module 6 (−1.711) |  | |
 |  | module 11 (2.743) |  | |
 |  | module 12 (1.343) |  | |
Patient group 6-all covariates | NA | Â | age at diagnosis (0.789) | 0.720 |
 |  | module 1 (−1.196) |  | |
 |  | module 5 (1.355) |  | |
 |  | module 11 (1.666) |  |