Methylation of DLEC1 Promoter Is a Predictor for Recurrence in Chinese Patients with Gastric Cancer

Table 1

Correlation between clinicopathological variables and DLEC1 methylation.

Clinicopathological variables	Number	DLEC1 methylation	value
Age (years)			0.392
≤65	117	49.27 ± 28.98
>65	110	48.54 ± 36.04
Gender			0.421
Male	157	48.90 ± 29.73
Female	70	48.77 ± 38.29
Tumor size (cm)			0.243
<4	118	46.56 ± 30.78
≥4	109	51.44 ± 32.06
Depth of invasion			0.066
Tis-1	116	45.05 ± 31.05
T2-4	111	52.94 ± 33.43
Lymphatic invasion			0.102
Positive	82	53.88 ± 37.61
Negative	145	46.09 ± 28.02
Venous invasion			0.074
Positive	33	58.89 ± 35.19
Negative	194	47.21 ± 31.57
UICC TNM staging			0.063
0-I	41	42.01 ± 24.49
II–IV	186	50.43 ± 33.21
Lauren classification			0.050
Intestinal type	122	44.12 ± 29.50
Diffuse type	105	54.48 ± 35.04
Lymph node metastasis			0.089
Positive	79	43.98 ± 27.94
Negative	148	51.54 ± 38.22