Table 3

Age and deviation index.

rectus abdominis (M libraries)

muscles of extremities (V libraries)

females

males

females

males

no of libraries

25

37

12

7

slopes of regression of age with residual values

p-value

p-value

p-value

p-value

negative slope

36

18

52

53

positive slope

26

0,20408

44

0,00096

10

9,6E-08

9

2,3E-08

regression of age with deviation index of probeset

Slope

p-value

slope

p-value

slope

p-value

slope

p-value

all 62 probes

-0,515

0,577

1,75

0,024

-2,67

0,120

-2,80

0,131

first 5

-4,36

0,006

-1,63

0,035

-2,20

0,013

-2,16

0,065

first 10

-3,56

0,007

-0,73

0,196

-1,91

0,055

-1,51

0,002

first 15

-2,82

0,026

-0,62

0,183

-2,00

0,074

-1,57

0,039

last 5

2,33

0,227

4,26

0,029

1,19

0,197

0,20

0,750

last 10

1,67

0,230

3,81

0,008

0,90

0,233

0,11

0,765

last 15

1,37

0,270

3,72

0,011

0,55

0,391

0,19

0,437

Influence of probe selection on the relation between age and deviation index. Tissue and gender specificity.

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