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Table 4 Univariate analyses of TGFBI methylation in prostate cancer patients

From: Methylation screening of the TGFBI promoter in human lung and prostate cancer by methylation-specific PCR

Variable

Methylation status

P-value

 

Absent

Present

 

Gleason score

  

0.6241

   6

2 (16.7%)

10 (83.3%)

 

   7 (3+4)

6 (25.0%)

18 (75.0%)

 

   7 (4+3)

1 (8.3%)

11 (91.7%)

 

   9

0 (0.0%)

1 (100.0%)

 

Extracapsular extension

  

0.8840

   Negative

8 (20.0%)

32 (80.0%)

 

   Positive

1 (11.1%)

8 (88.9%)

 

Seminal vesicle involvement

  

0.5582

   Negative

7 (16.7%)

35 (83.3%)

 

   Positive

1 (16.7%)

5 (83.3%)

 

Prostatectomy margin positivity

  

0.4364

   Negative

8 (23.5%)

26 (76.5%)

 

   Positive

1 (6.7%)

14 (93.3%)

 

Regional lymph node involvement

  

0.3975

   Negative

7 (18.4%)

31 (81.6%)

 

   Positive

0 (0.0%)

1 (100.0%)

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