Research Article
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 | |
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