Table 1

Agreement of significant genes between "virtual" pooling and no pooling with data from one real experiment. Note: total number of "genes" on the chip = 8799, α = 0.05. Pool size=number of subjects per chip (# subjects per group/ # chips per group)

Pool size
# of subjects per group
# of arrays per group
# of significant genes
% agreement between pooling and no pooling

1
12
12
228

2
12
6
152
67%
3
12
4
108
47%
4
12
3
111
49%

Peng et al. BMC Bioinformatics 2003 4:26   doi:10.1186/1471-2105-4-26