Research Article
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 |
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