Histone Methyltransferase G9a Promotes the Development of Renal Cancer through Epigenetic Silencing of Tumor Suppressor Gene SPINK5

Table 1

The relationship between G9a expression and patient characteristics.

Parameters	Total	G9a expression			value
		High	Low
	80	45	35
Age
≥65	44	28	16	2.168	0.14091
<65	36	17	19
Gender
Male	47	30	17	2.66	0.1029
Female	33	15	18
Tumor stage
I-II	39	17	24	7.472	0.00627
III-IV	41	28	11
Distant metastasis
Absence	51	23	28	7.11	0.00767
Presence	29	22	7