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Table 2 Clinical parameters of the BBCP data set

From: A Normalized Tree Index for identification of correlated clinical parameters in microarray experiments

clinical parameter

num

categories

age

6

(1) <40 (2) 40 to 49 (3) 50 to 59 (4) 60 to 69 (5) 70 to 79 (6) > 79

sample type

3

(1) biopsie before chemotherapy

(2) biopsie after chemotherapy

(3) operation (after chemotherapy)

BMI

3

(1) normal (18.5 to 25) (2) overweight (25 to 30) (3) obese (> 30)

native country

6

(1) Germany (2) Poland (3) Russia (4) Taiwan (5) Sri Lanka (6) Turkey

ethnic group

2

(1) Europe (2) Asia

nursing

2

(1) no (2) yes

nursing period

4

(1) none (2) short (1 to 5 months) (3) intermediate (6 to 14 months) (4) long (> 14 months)

menopause

2

(1) no (2) yes

smoking

5

(1) always non-smoker (2) sometimes (3) regular (4) often (5) again non-smoker

alcohol

5

(1) never (2) no longer (3) less than once a month (4) 1 to 3 times a week (5) daily

sport

3

(1) nothing (0 h/week) (2) little (1 to 4 h/week) (3) plenty (> 5 h/week)

sleep

3

(1) little (< 7 h/day) (2) normal (7-9 h/day) (3) plenty (> 9 h/day)

familial breast cancer

2

(1) No (2) yes

histology

4

(1) ductal (2) lobar (3) not definable (4) mucous ductal

T (tumor dimension)

5

(1) T0 (2) T1 (3) T2 (4) T3 (5) T4

N (lymph nodes)

3

(1) N0 (2) N1 (3) N2

Grading

2

(1) G2 (2) G3

Progesterone receptor IHC

3

(1) negative (0 to 1) (2) intermediate (2 to 8) (3) high positive (9 to 12)

Estrogen receptor IHC

3

(1) negative (0 to 1) (2) intermediate (2 to 8) (3) high positive (9 to 12)

Her2-new

3

(1) negative (2) intermediate (3) positive

intended operation

5

(1) ablatio and axilla (2) ablatio and sentinel (3) BET and sentinel (4) ablation (5) BET

inspection

4

(1) no conspicuity (2) in ammatory mamma-carcinoma (3) plateau phenomenon (4) other

lateral acoustical shadow

2

(1) no (2) yes

dorsal acoustic attenuation

2

(1) no (2) yes

axilla

2

(1) unsuspicious (2) suspicious

tumor size (mammogramm)

3

(1) small (0 to 9 mm)

(2) intermediate (10 to 25 mm)

(3) large (> 26 mm)

micro lime

2

(1) no (2) yes

chemoregime

5

(1) TAC (2) ACDoc (3) Geparquattro (4) FEC (5) Geparquinto

herceptin treatment

2

(1) no (2) yes

  1. The clinical parameters and their categorizations in the BBCP data set: Interval parameters are converted to nominal parameters by the indicated transformations in parentheses.