Research Article

Promoter Hypermethylation of the EMP3 Gene in a Series of 229 Human Gliomas

Table 1

Patient demographics.

Tumor typeWHO gradingPatients (n)Gender (M/F)Mean age (years) and range

Pilocytic astrocytoma I2314/936 (9–68)
Diffuse and gemistocytic astrocytoma II146/841 (13–68)
Anaplastic astrocytoma III96/355 (38–78)
Primary GBM IV6845/2363 (27–81)
Secondary GBM IV33/045 (42–50)
OligoastrocytomaII129/342 (31–63)
Anaplastic oligoastrocytomaIII84/452 (37–71)
OligodendrogliomaII5429/2547 (26–79)
Anaplastic oligodendroglioma III3823/1555 (31–80)