Table 5.
Correlation and consistency between EGFR mutation and RASSF1A methylations in different pathological groups
| RASSF1A methylation | EGFR | P value (McNemar) | Rho (Spearman) | P value (Correlation) | Kappa | P value (Kappa) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutated (%) | Wild type (%) | |||||||
| Noninvasive | + | 13 (65.0) | 7 (35.0) | 0.013 | 0.371 | < 0.001 | 0.351 | < 0.001 |
| − | 21 (20.0) | 84 (80.0) | ||||||
| Invasive | + | 29 (49.2) | 30 (50.8) | 0.464 | − 0.008 | 0.923 | − 0.008 | 0.923 |
| − | 37 (50.0) | 37 (50.0) | ||||||
McNemar test: paired-sample Chi-square test was used for the comparisons between two assays in different groups