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Table 2 Associations between demographic and clinical data of patients and methylation of five genes

From: MGMT, GATA6, CD81, DR4, and CASP8 gene promoter methylation in glioblastoma

Characteristic

n

MGMT

GATA6

CD81

CASP8

DR4

U (%)

M (%)

P

U (%)

M (%)

P

U (%)

M (%)

P

U (%)

M (%)

P

U (%)

M (%)

P

Age

                

<60 years

32

14.5

27.6

0.039

15.8

26.3

0.454

22.4

19.7

1.000

28.0

14.7

0.002

26.7

14.7

0.477

≥60 years

44

34.2

23.7

 

15.8

42.1

 

31.6

26.3

 

16.0

41.3

 

32.0

26.7

Sex

                

Male

30

56.7

43.3

0.348

33.3

66.7

0.806

53.3

46.7

1.000

37.9

62.1

0.477

50.0

50.0

0.239

Female

46

43.5

56.5

 

30.4

69.6

 

54.3

45.7

 

47.8

52.2

 

64.4

34.6

Survival

                

<36 months

62

56.5

43.5

0.006

30.6

69.4

0.775

54.8

45.2

0.774

37.7

62.3

0.035

53.2

46.8

0.061

≥36 months

14

14.3

85.7

 

35.7

64.3

 

50.0

50.0

 

71.4

28.6

 

84.6

15.4

  1. n – number of patients, U = unmethylated, M = methylated.