Fig. 5
From: Migration of mitochondrial DNA in the nuclear genome of colorectal adenocarcinoma
NUMT abundance distribution according to vital status. a Increased NUMT abundance in deceased individuals with colorectal tumors. Although a Mann–Whitney U test showed a P value of 0.04 between the NUMT abundances of the Alive and Deceased groups, the very small sample size (N = 4) of the deceased group warrants further investigation with datasets enriched for deceased vital status. b NUMT proportions categorized based on disease (colon and rectal) and sex combination. This vital status observation in combination with NUMT abundance among sex-specific samples appears to be an early indicator of death events among colorectal cancer women with higher proportions of NUMTs