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Table 1 Patients characteristics of clinical studies

From: Aberrant methylation of NPY, PENK, and WIF1 as a promising marker for blood-based diagnosis of colorectal cancer

 

Characteristic

Patients

Controls

Tissue

 

n = 15*

 
 

Sex

  
 

  Male

12

 
 

  Female

3

 
 

Age (yr)

  
 

  Mean ± SD

70.4 ± 13.5

 
 

  Range

48-93

 
 

Stage

  
 

  I/II

6 (1/5)

 
 

  III/IV

9 (5/4)

 

Serum

 

n = 32

n = 161

 

Sex

  
 

  Male

21

86

 

  Female

11

75

 

Age

  
 

  Mean ± SD

67.9 ± 12.9

59.1 ± 16.5

 

  Range

36-94

18-94

 

Stage

  
 

  I/II

6 (2/4)

Na

 

  III/IV

26 (7/19)

Na

  1. *In total 30 tisue samples corresponding to 15 CRC and 15 normal homologous tissues from 15 CRC patients were analyzed.
  2. Na: not applicable.
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