Additional file 1: of Comparison of quantification algorithms for circulating cell-free DNA methylation biomarkers in blood plasma from cancer patients

Baseline characteristics and clinicopathological variables. Table with characteristics of HNSCC and control patients examined in the training and the testing cohort (training cohort: n = 137 HNSCC patients, n = 170 controls; testing cohort: n = 141 HNSCC patients, n = 102 controls). For all patients, age, gender, and smoking and drinking habits are reported. For HNSCC patients, additional tumor characteristics referring to the TNM staging system are listed. (DOCX 30 kb