Table 1.

Association between methylation of ABCA1 and clinicopathological features of 76 ovarian cancer patients

	Methylation %	P
Age
≧60	5.2 ± 3.01a (53/76)b	0.379
<60	6.71 ± 5.34 (23/76)
Stagec
Low	4.36 ± 2.10 (27/76)
High	6.52 ± 4.44 (49/76)	0.026 e
Graded
Low	4.71 ± 3.62 (29/76)
High	6.26 ± 3.77 (47/76)	0.013

^aMean ± SD.

^bNumber in parentheses represents the number of cases.

^cLow and high stages are defined as FIGO I and II and FIGO III and IV, respectively.

^dLow and high grades are defined as grade 1–2 and grade 3, respectively.

^eItalicized value indicates P < 0.05.