Table 3 The association between the methylation and the clinicopathological features of UC patients.

From: A urinary DNA methylation assay using two genes enables noninvasive detection and prognostic prediction in urothelial carcinoma

 

Urothelial carcinoma(n = 135)

 
 

Overall

Positive

Negative

P value

Age/year (Median(range))

68 (31–91)

65 (33–91)

66 (31–83)

 

Gender

    

Male (%)

110 (81.5%)

90 (78.3%)

20 (100%)

0.0245#

Female (%)

25 (18.5%)

25 (21.7%)

0 (0%)

WHO 2004/2016

    

Low grade

20 (14.8%)

16 (13.9%)

4 (20.0%)

< 0.0001

High grade

105 (77.8%)

97 (84.3%)

8 (40.0%)

Low/non-malignant potential

10 (7.4%)

2 (1.7%)

8 (40.0%)

TNM Stage

    

0

13 (9.6%)

12 (10.4%)

2 (10.0%)

0.2682

I

50 (37.0%)

66 (57.4%)

16 (80.0%)

II

52 (38.5%)

17 (14.8%)

2 (10.0%)

III

10 (7.4%)

10 (8.7%)

0 (0%)

IV

10 (7.4%)

10 (8.7%)

0 (0%)

T Stage

    

Ta

13 (9.6%)

11 (9.6%)

2 (10%)

0.2967$

Tis

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

T1

50 (37.0%)

67 (58.3%)

16 (80.0%)

T2

54 (40.0%)

19 (16.5%)

2 (10.0%)

T3

11 (8.1%)

11 (9.6%)

0 (0%)

T4

7 (5.2%)

7 (6.1%)

0 (0%)

Invasiveness

    

Non-invasive

50 (37.0%)

35 (30.4%)

15 (75.0%)

0.0074#

Invasive

85 (63.0%)

80 (69.6%)

5 (25.0%)

  1. #: Fisher’s exact test.
  2. $: Tis excluded.