Telomeric associations of chromosomes in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinomas

Table 2 Distribution of TAs on each chromosome in peripheral blood lymphocyte from patients and controls

Chromosome groups	Chromosomes observed	Patients			Control
		No. of Tas	Frequencies (%)	Percent (%)	No. of TAs	Frequencies (%)	Percent (%)
A	4800	42	0.88	16.2	23	0.48	15.3
B	3200	50	1.56	19.3	30	0.94	20.0
C + X	12200	72	0.59	27.8	57	0.47	38.0
D	4800	16	0.33	6.2	6	0.13	4.0
E	4800	51	1.06	19.7	18	0.38	12.0
F	3200	14	0.44	5.4	9	0.28	16.0
G + Y	3800	14	0.37	5.4	7	0.18	4.7
Total	36800	259	0.70	100	150	0.41	100