Pair rank

Gene ID from [3]

zAUC (standard error)

Gene ID (the proposed method)

zAUC (standard error)

1

J05032

 

Z50753

 

1

U19969

4.27 (0.79)

H09719

4.43 (0.97)

2

X86693

 

X12671

 

2

D14812

4.20 (0.78)

X12369

4.33 (0.89)

3

M63391

 

J05032

 

3

H08393

4.19 (0.90)

U19969

4.27 (0.79)

4

R87126

 

H08393

 

4

X63629

4.05 (0.84)

M63391

4.19 (0.90)

5

M36634

 

J02854

 

5

H11084

4.05 (0.81)

T57882

4.16 (0.91)

6

X12671

 

R87126

 

6

Z50753

4.04 (0.90)

X55715

4.09 (0.83)

7

H06524

 

R36977

 

7

U22055

3.87 (0.73)

H20709

3.90 (0.70)

8

M76378

 

M22382

 

8

T62947

3.86 (0.70)

R55310

3.83 (0.80)

9

J02854

 

M76378

 

9

R54097

3.85 (0.77)

T62947

3.77 (0.72)

10

Z48541

 

X14958

 

10

D25217

3.67 (0.62)

L06895

3.61 (0.65)

11

D21261

 

U30825

 

11

H20709

3.57 (0.82)

T62878

3.52 (0.61)

12

T90280

 

X63629

 

12

T51534

3.48 (0.62)

M36634

3.50 (0.64)

13

T92451

 

T71025

 

13

U09587

3.46 (0.66)

L11706

3.45 (0.68)

14

H09719

 

U09564

 

14

L07648

3.45 (0.73)

T64467

3.43 (0.66)

15

T51023

 

R84411

 

15

D31716

3.45 (0.61)

M92287

3.37 (0.63)

16

T71025

 

M76378

 

16

L11706

3.45 (0.67)

D00860

3.36 (0.63)

17

X12369

 

M26697

 

17

R98842

3.44 (0.70)

T47424

3.34 (0.60)

18

X14958

 

T86749

 

18

X87159

3.43 (0.66)

M74491

3.33 (0.71)

19

J04102

 

M26383

 

19

U14631

3.34 (0.70)

T47377

3.30 (0.59)

20

M76378

 

X54942

 

20

D00860

3.30 (0.65)

R44301

3.28 (0.70)

21

M26383

 

H43887

 

21

T47377

3.29 (0.59)

U26312

3.28 (0.55)

22

X54942

 

M76378

 

22

R44301

3.28 (0.69)

T56604

3.27 (0.58)

23

M76378

 

T86473

 

23

T56604

3.26 (0.58)

D25217

3.20 (0.53)

24

R96357

 

H40095

 

24

R46753

3.26 (0.66)

H06524

3.03 (0.52)

25

T63133

 

T95018

 

25

T61661

2.66 (0.45)

Z49269

2.85 (0.53)

Table 2: Comparison of top-ranked 25 pairs of genes for colon tumor/normal class discrimination (zAUC= z-transformation of the maximum area under ROC curve).