Table 1.
Association of RASSF1A gene methylation with demographics and clinicopathological features of primary gastric cancer (n = 54)
| Methylation | P value | OR (95%CI) | ||
| Yes | No | |||
| Gender | ||||
| male | 24 | 11 | 0.766 | 1.273 (0.393~4.117) |
| female | 12 | 7 | ||
| Age | ||||
| < 60 | 17 | 13 | 0.145 | 0.344 (0.101~1.167) |
| ≥ 60 | 19 | 5 | ||
| Tumor sites | ||||
| antrum | 14 | 7 | ||
| body and cardiac | 22 | 11 | 1.000 | 1.000 (0.313~3.192) |
| Stages | ||||
| early | 1 | 2 | 0.255 | 0.229 (0.019~2.708) |
| advanced | 35 | 16 | ||
| Lymph node metastasis | ||||
| yes | 22 | 7 | 0.154 | 2.469 (0.774~7.882) |
| no | 14 | 11 | ||
| Distant metastasis | ||||
| yes | 5 | 1 | 0.651 | 2.742 (0.296~25.424) |
| no | 31 | 17 | ||
| Differentiations | ||||
| well and moderate | 18 | 12 | 0.384 | 0.500 (0.154~1.624) |
| poor | 18 | 6 | ||
| Lauren's | ||||
| Intestinal type | 12 | 10 | 0.148 | 0.400(0.125~1.275) |
| Diffuse type | 24 | 8 | ||