Research Article

Upregulated Transcription Factor PITX1 Predicts Poor Prognosis in Kidney Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma-Based Bioinformatic Analysis and Experimental Verification

Table 1

A baseline data for KIRC patients on TCGA.

Clinical characteristicsOverall (n%)

Age539
 ≤60269 (49.9%)
 >60270 (50.1%)
Gender539
 Female186 (34.5%)
 Male353 (65.5%)
Race532
 Asian8 (1.5%)
 Black or African American57 (10.7%)
 White467 (87.8%)
Laterality538
 Left252 (46.8%)
 Right286 (53.2%)
T stage539
 T1278 (51.6%)
 T271 (13.2%)
 T3179 (33.2%)
 T411 (2%)
N stage257
 N0241 (93.8%)
 N116 (6.2%)
M stage506
 M0428 (84.6%)
 M178 (15.4%)
Pathologic stage536
 Stage I272 (50.7%)
 Stage II59 (11%)
 Stage III123 (22.9%)
 Stage IV82 (15.3%)
Histologic grade531
 G114 (2.6%)
 G2235 (44.3%)
 G3207 (39%)
 G475 (14.1%)
Primary therapy outcome147
 PD11 (7.5%)
 SD6 (4.1%)
 PR2 (1.4%)
 CR128 (87.1%)
OS event539
 Alive366 (67.9%)
 Dead173 (32.1%)
DSS event528
 Alive420 (79.5%)
 Dead108 (20.5%)
PFI event539
 Alive378 (70.1%)
 Dead161 (29.9%)

TCGA: The Cancer Genome Atlas; KIRC: kidney renal clear cell carcinoma; PD: progressive disease; SD: stable disease; PR: partial response; CR: complete response; OS: overall survival; DSS: disease-specific survival; PFI: progress-free interval.