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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 14, 2009; 15(30): 3799-3806
Published online Aug 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3799
Published online Aug 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3799
Table 2 Clinical features in relation to methylation of PTCH1a TRR in gastric cancer
| Variable | PTCH1methylation | |||
| n | Positive | Negative | P value | |
| Total | 170 | 55 | 115 | |
| Clinicopathological parameters | ||||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 89 | 26 | 63 | 0.359 |
| Female | 81 | 29 | 52 | |
| Age of onset (yr) | ||||
| < 50 | 68 | 22 | 46 | 1.000 |
| ≥ 50 | 102 | 33 | 69 | |
| Clinical stage | ||||
| pT1 | 75 | 25 | 50 | 0.808 |
| pT2-4 | 95 | 30 | 65 | |
| Lymph node metastasis | ||||
| pN0 | 55 | 16 | 39 | 0.530 |
| pN1-3 | 115 | 39 | 76 | |
| Histological grade | ||||
| Well and moderately differentiated | 63 | 19 | 44 | 0.735 |
| Poorly differentiated | 107 | 36 | 71 | |
- Citation: Du P, Ye HR, Gao J, Chen W, Wang ZC, Jiang HH, Xu J, Zhang JW, Zhang JC, Cui L. Methylation of PTCH1a gene in a subset of gastric cancers. World J Gastroenterol 2009; 15(30): 3799-3806
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v15/i30/3799.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.15.3799