Table 3

The level of agreement between the t test, SAM and PLS-DA for selecting differentially expressed genes from the same data set.

Type of array

N.o. of differently expressed genes between dissected and control aorta
Agreement between all three methods



t-test P < 0.01
SAM
PLS-DA


Human Broad I cDNA array

43
37
35
29

Agreement with t-test
-
29 (67%)
35 (81%)
-
Cardiovascular cDNA array

31
36
34
22

Agreement with t-test
-
27 (87%)
26 (84%)
-
Affymetrix HG-133A

242
195
79
79

Agreement with t-test
-
195 (81%)
79 (33%)
-

Weis-Müller et al. Journal of Translational Medicine 2006 4:29   doi:10.1186/1479-5876-4-29