New Statistical Algorithms for the Analysis of Mass - FU Berlin, FB MI ...
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4.3. STUDY RESULTS 79<br />
Figure 4.3.3: Left: Masterpeaks <strong>of</strong> two groups (top: men; bottom: woman) at m/z<br />
2274da. Obviously <strong>the</strong> average height <strong>of</strong> a peak in <strong>the</strong> woman’s group is lower than<br />
in <strong>the</strong> men’s group. This is also clearly shown in <strong>the</strong> chart <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> height distributions<br />
(right): <strong>the</strong> two distributions do overlap between 400-800, but outside this area <strong>the</strong>re<br />
is a clear domination <strong>of</strong> one group.<br />
with respect to a property P but differ to peaks in group B at position<br />
X (again with respect to property P ) are sought <strong>for</strong>. An example is<br />
shown in Figure 4.3.3: two masterpeaks and <strong>the</strong>ir respective height distributions<br />
(<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir single peaks) are shown. The best combinations <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong>se distinguishing peaks are <strong>the</strong>n used to create fingerprints. Thus, a<br />
fingerprint is basically a list <strong>of</strong> m/z values. Each list entry has attached<br />
<strong>the</strong> considered property (e.g. peak height or peak width) and <strong>the</strong> average<br />
value <strong>of</strong> this property <strong>for</strong> each group. A fingerprint can be used to<br />
classify unknown spectra (see Sec 4.3.2).<br />
Difference <strong>Analysis</strong>: Based on <strong>the</strong> distinguishing features found during <strong>the</strong><br />
fingerprint detection stage, fur<strong>the</strong>r investigations can be done that analyze<br />
<strong>the</strong>se differences. For example, using tandem mass spectrometry,<br />
<strong>the</strong> underlying proteins can be determined (see section 4.3.4).<br />
Clustering: Spectra <strong>of</strong> one groups can be clustered using <strong>the</strong> fingerprint features<br />
to detect sub-groups within a group, e.g. a particular sub-group<br />
<strong>of</strong> cancer type X (see section 4.3.3).<br />
4.3.1 Correlation <strong>of</strong> Patient Meta Data to Peaks<br />
This analysis finds correlations <strong>of</strong> certain meta-data such as blood parameters<br />
to peak properties. These correlations are found between properties <strong>of</strong> peaks<br />
(e.g. height) from a particular group <strong>of</strong> patients (e.g. 20 year old men from<br />
a blood donator study) and available meta-data <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>se patients (e.g. blood<br />
parameters such as FT3).<br />
The actual analysis computes <strong>the</strong> correlation corXi,j between a peak property<br />
i (e.g. peak height, peak area, peak width, peak shape) and some parameter<br />
j which can be almost anything that is related to a patient (e.g. sex, age,