Table 1. SPARC methylation in gastric cancer cell lines, primary gastric cancers, and controls.

Samples	Total no.	No. Methylated (%)
Gastric cancer cell line	10	8(80)
Primary gastric cancer	220	163(74)
Intestinal type	185	136(74)
Diffuse type	35	27(77)
Nonmalignant sample	70
Normal gastric mucosa	40	2(5)
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells*	20	0(0)
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells†	10	0(0)

*From healthy nonsmoking volunteers.

^†From patients.