Research Article

Identification of Prognostic Genes in Neuroblastoma in Children by Weighted Gene Coexpression Network Analysis

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of NB patients in TARGET.

CharacteristicsNumber of cases (%)

Gender = male87 (59.2)
Age (days) (mean (SD))1281.51 (1098.47)

Vital status
 Alive75 (51.0)
 Dead72 (49.0)

Overall survival time in days (mean (SD))1730.50 (1120.27)

INSS stage
 Stage 10 (0.0)
 Stage 2a0 (0.0)
 Stage 2b1 (0.7)
 Stage 36 (4.1)
 Stage 4119 (81.0)
 Stage 4s21 (14.3)

MYCN status
 Amplified30 (20.4)
 Not amplified117 (79.6)

Ploidy
 Diploid (DI = 1)63 (42.9)
 Hyperdiploid (DI > 1)84 (57.1)

Histology
 Favorable28 (19.0)
 Unfavorable110 (74.8)
 Unknown9 (6.1)

Grade
 Differentiating10 (6.8)
 Undifferentiated or poorly differentiated115 (78.2)
 Unknown22 (15.0)

MKI
 High32 (21.8)
 Intermediate40 (27.2)
 Low47 (32.0)
 Unknown28 (19.0)

COG risk group
 High risk120 (81.6)
 Intermediate risk13 (8.8)
 Low risk14 (9.5)