Table 1 Basic characteristics of the included studies.

From: Clinicopathological Significance and Potential Drug Target of CDKN2A/p16 in Endometrial Carcinoma

Study

Country

No. of EC tissue/control

Methods

Methylation site

CDKN2A expression

Zhang et al. 201128

China

35/15

MSP

Promoter, CpG islands

Zhou et al. 200929

China

38/20

MSP

Exon 1

Guida et al. 200930

Italy

40/25

MSP

Promoter, CpG islands

Ignatov et al. 200822

Germany

54/ND

MSP/IHC

Promoter, CpG islands

+

Suehiro et al. 200821

Japan

103/27

MSP

Promoter, CpG islands

Yang et al. 200626

China

134/ND

MSP

Promoter, CpG islands

Yun et al. 200431

China

62/10

MSP

Exon 1

+

Semczuk et al. 200323

Poland

11/ND

MSP/IHC

Promoter, CpG islands

+

Wang et al. 200224

China

36/12

MSP

Exon 1

Chao et al. 200027

China

48/14

MSP, RT-PCR

Exon 1

+

Zhao et al. 200032

China

38/8

MSP, RT-PCR

Exon 1

+

Wong et al. 199925

Hong Kong

49/ND

MSP

Promoter, CpG islands

  1. ND: not determined.