Table 1 Characteristics of patients included in the LINE-1 methylation analysis: controls, gastritis, gastric cancer and colorectal cancer patients.

From: LINE-1 hypomethylation is not a common event in preneoplastic stages of gastric carcinogenesis

Total

 

Gastric cancer

Colorectal cancer

Chronic/atrophic gastritis

Controls

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

n = 80

n = 24

n = 37

n = 19

Age

mean (SD)

65.9 (11.7)

69.3 (8.8)

57.3 (13.0)

49.1 (14.9)

Gender

Female

33 (41.3)

11 (45.8)

25 (67.6)

12 (63.2)

Male

47 (58.7)

13 (54.2)

12 (32.4)

7 (36.8)

Tumor localization

Cardia

8 (10.0)

—

—

—

Corpus

44 (55.0)

—

—

—

Antrum

28 (35.0)

—

—

—

Proximal colon

—

9 (37.5)

—

—

Distal colon

—

15 (62.5)

—

—

TNM staging

I

15 (18.7)

2 (8.3)

—

—

II

21 (26.3)

10 (41.7)

—

—

III

36 (45.0)

6 (25.0)

—

—

IV

8 (10.0)

4 (16.7)

—

—

Unknown

—

2 (8.3)

—

—

T

1/2

17 (21.3)

2 (8.3)

—

—

3

36 (45.0)

18 (75.0)

—

—

4

27 (33.7)

1 (4.2)

—

—

Unknown

—

3 (12.5)

  

N

0

28 (35.0)

13 (54.2)

—

—

1

15 (18.7)

7 (29.2)

—

—

2

13 (16.3)

2 (8.3)

—

—

3

22 (27.5)

—

—

—

Unknown

2 (2.5)

2 (8.3)

  

M

0

72 (90.0)

8(33.3)

—

—

1

8 (10.0)

4 (16.6)

—

—

Unknown

 

12 (50.0)

  

G

1 and 2

31 (38.8)

18 (75.0)

—

—

3

49 (61.2)

3 (12.5)

—

—

Unknown

—

3 (12.5)

—

—

Lauren’s classification

Diffuse

44 (55.0)

—

—

—

Intestinal

25 (31.3)

—

—

—

Mixed

7 (8.7)

—

—

—

Unknown

4 (5.0)

—

—

—

H. pylori infection

Positive

17 (21.3)

—

25 (67.6)

—

Negative

8 (10.0)

—

12 (32.4)

19 (100)

Unknown

55 (68.7)

—

—

—