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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 23.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2010 Oct 15;127(8):1866–1874. doi: 10.1002/ijc.25190

Table 4.

Global hypomethylation stratified by Lauren classification and tumor localization among cases

No. Mean Alu methylation (SD) No. Mean LINE-1 methylation (SD)
Lauren classification
Intestinal 203 25.0 (1.4) 202 80.1 (3.7)
Diffuse 50 24.9 (1.4) 50 79.7 (3.8)
Indeterminate 32 25.0 (1.5) 31 80.6 (2.9)
p-value 0.82 0.54
Tumor localization
Cardia only 35 24.7 (1.4) 35 79.4 (4.1)
Distal stomach 221 25.0 (1.4) 219 80.1 (3.6)
Combined cardia/distal 35 25.1 (1.3) 35 80.7 (2.9)
p-value 0.34 0.33