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. 2012 Sep 3;104(19):1458–1469. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djs357

Table 4.

Demographics and RBP1 methylation status* of grade II–IV glioma samples (n = 198)

Demographic Total cohort † by targeted bisulfite sequencing GBM survival cohort within the total cohort
Total Methylated Unmethylated Total Methylated Unmethylated
No. of patients 198 79 119 124 22 102
Mean age at diagnosis, y (range) 48.5 (19–79) 39.5 (19–75) 54.4 (21–79) 53.0 (24–79) 43.7 (24–75) 55.0 (31–79)
Sex
    No. of males 122 51 71 70 14 56
    No. of female 76 28 48 54 8 46
Tissue pathology, no. of patients
    Astrocytoma grade II 9 7 2 0 0 0
    Oligodendroglioma grade II 16 16 0 0 0 0
    Oligoastrocytoma grade II 4 4 0 0 0 0
    Astrocytoma grade III 13 7 6 0 0 0
    Oligodendroglioma grade III 9 7 2 0 0 0
    Oligoastrocytoma grade III 10 9 1 0 0 0
    Glioblastoma grade IV 137 29 108 124 22 102
IDH1/IDH2 WT 116 0 116 101 0 101
IDH1 MUT 79 76 3‡ 21 20 1
IDH2 MUT 3 3 0 2 2 0
    Tissue treated with RT/chemo 14 11 3 0 0 0
    Tissue treated with isotretinoin 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Tissue received no treatment 183 67 116 124 22 102
Pretreatment data not available 1 1 0 0 0 0

* RBP1 methylation status was assessed by bisulfite sequencing in all 198 patients. If the average methylation level was greater than 50%, the sample was classified as methylated.

† The Total Cohort includes 41 patients from the initial screening cohort. Chemo = chemotherapy; IDH = isocitrate dehydrogenase; MUT = mutant; RBP1 = retinol binding protein 1; RT = radiotherapy; WT = wild type.

‡ All IDH1 MUT unmethylated patients had grade 4 gliomas.