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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mod Pathol. 2009 May 8;22(7):922–932. doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2009.49

Table 2.

Frequency SIRT1 overexpression in colorectal cancer according to various molecular features

Molecular feature Total N SIRT1+ Odds ratio
(95% confidence interval)
P value
CIMP status (No. of
methylated CIMP markers)
CIMP-0 (0) 209 76 (36%) 1 Referent
CIMP-low (1–5) 187 58 (31%) 1.27 (0.84–1.93)
CIMP-high (6–8) 74 42 (57%) 2.30 (1.34–3.94) 0.002
MSI status
MSS 345 117 (34%) 1 Referent
MSI-low 55 14 (25%) 1.50 (0.79–2.87)
MSI-high 83 49 (59%) 2.81 (1.72–4.59) <0.0001
CIMP and MSI status
CIMP-low/0 MSI-low/MSS 367 121 (33%) 1 Referent
CIMP-high MSI-low/MSS 22 7 (32%) 0.95 (0.38–2.39)
CIMP-low/0 MSI-high 28 13 (46%) 1.76 (0.81–3.82)
CIMP-high MSI-high 52 35 (67%) 4.19 (2.25–7.77) <0.0001
BRAF mutation
(−) 404 143 (35%) 1
(+) 68 31 (46%) 1.53 (0.91–2.57)
KRAS mutation
(−) 310 120 (39%) 1
(+) 173 59 (34%) 0.82 (0.56–1.21)
PIK3CA mutation
(−) 374 137 (37%) 1
(+) 57 23 (40%) 1.17 (0.66–2.07)
LINE-1 methylation
≥70% 58 22 (38%) 1
60–70% 155 61 (39%) 1.06 (0.57–1.98)
50–60% 184 72 (39%) 1.05 (0.57–1.93)
<50% 66 20 (30%) 0.71 (0.34–1.50)
p53*
(−) 285 110 (39%) 1
(+) 197 69 (35%) 0.86 (0.59–1.25)
Nuclear β-catenin*
(−) 269 104 (39%) 1
(+) 166 68 (41%) 1.10 (0.74–1.63)
FASN (fatty acid synthase)*
(−) 427 149 (35%) 1 Referent
(+) 52 28 (54%) 2.18 (1.22–3.89) 0.008
COX-2 (cyclooxygenase-2)*
(−) 92 32 (35%) 1
(+) 391 147 (38%) 1.13 (0.70–1.82)

Only significant p values are described.

*

p53, β-catenin, COX-2 and FASN were assessed by immunohistochemistry.