Table 1.

Clinico-pathological correlations with methylation profile

Variable	HOXA11	P value
Age at surgery (years)		0.191
≥60	23(61.648±29.7620)
<60	9(73.667±19.2414)
Gender		0.211
Female	12(55.992±34.7000)
Male	20(70.450±21.2387)
Tumor size (cm)		0.237
≥5 cm	17(70.494±28.7441)
<5 cm	15(58.833±25.4674)
Pathological stage		0.049
I, II	13(53.554±28.5911)
III, IV	19(72.879±24.3713)
Differentiation degree		0.642
Well	20(63.240±29.0453)
Poor	12(68.008±25.5554)
Invasive depth		0.478
Within muscle layer	10(59.810±29.2551)
Penetrating muscle layer	12(67.400±26.9784)
Lymph node metastasis		0.049
Positive	22(71.414±23.8900)
Negative	10(50.980±30.7814)

Data were analyzed by t test.