Molecular Features and Methylation Status in Early Onset (≤40 Years) Colorectal Cancer: A Population Based, Case-Control Study

Figure 1

Results of methylation status in young group and in elderly group. In (a), we observed a significant difference in methylation pattern between patients under 40 yrs and patients over 60 yrs. The mean number of methylated genes in the control group is higher than average number in the cases group. In (b), we observe no statistical difference between control, young, and hereditary cases, but the difference remained significant between patients under 40 yrs and patients over 60 yrs.

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