Table 4 Clinicopathologic features and hDAB2IP promoter methylation in colorectal cancer

From: Aberrant promoter methylation in human DAB2 interactive protein (hDAB2IP) gene in gastrointestinal tumour

Clinicopathologic features

Variable a

Frequency of hDAB2IP m2a methylation (%)

P -value b

Frequency of hDAB2IP m2b methylation (%)

P -value b

Sex

Male (n=37)

18 (49)

0.95

15 (41)

0.23

 

Female (n=23)

11 (48)

 

13 (57)

 

Tumour invasion

T1, 2 (n=9)

4 (44)

0.80

5 (56)

0.56

 

T3, 4 (n=51)

25 (49)

 

23 (45)

 

Nodal metastasis

N0 (n=25)

9 (36)

0.11

11 (44)

0.73

 

N1, 2 (n=35)

20 (57)

 

17 (49)

 

Metastasis

M0 (n=53)

26 (49)

0.76

25 (47)

0.83

 

M1 (n=7)

3 (43)

 

3 (43)

 

TNM stage

1, 2 (n=21)

7 (33)

0.088

9 (43)

0.66

 

3, 4 (n=39)

22 (56)

 

19 (49)

 

Histological grade

G1 (n=13)

7 (54)

0.65

6 (46)

0.97

 

G2, 3, 4 (n=47)

22 (47)

 

22 (47)

 

Tumour site

C, A, T (n=12)

4 (33)

0.25

3 (25)

0.093

 

D, S, R (n=48)

25 (52)

 

25 (52)

 
  1. aC=cecum; A=ascending colon; T=transverse colon; D=descending colon; S=sigmoid colon; R=rectum.
  2. bStatistical significance was determined using χ2 test.