Table 2.

The relationship of DNMT1 expression with the number of methylated genes

Number of methylated genes	DNMT1 -overexpressed cases		Odds ratio (CI 95%)
	N (%)	Fold change (mean ± SD)
1 (n = 35)	13 (37.1)	1.52 ± 1.12	1
2 (n = 19)	11 (57.9)	2.12 ± 1.56	2.3 (0.7-7.2)
3 (n = 16)	9 (56.2)	2.02 ± 1.78	2.1 (0.6-7.2)
4 (n = 10)	6 (60)	3.61 ± 1.89	2.5 (0.6-10.7)
5 (n = 11)	7 (63.6)	3.06 ± 1.55	2.9 (0.7-12.9)
6 (n = 7)	6 (85.7)	4.14 ± 1.28	10.1 (1.1-93.9)*

*p value <0.05, CI, confidence interval.