Table 3.
Methylation frequency of IRAK3 and GLOXD1 in liver tissues
| Symbol | M-Index1 cut-off value |
No. of methylated cases/total |
P value2 | ||
| Normal controls | Nontumor tissues | HCC tissues | |||
| IRAK3 | 8.90 | 1/29 (3.4%) | 23/160 (14.4%) | 102/160 (63.8%) | < 0.0001 |
| GLOXD1 | 0.60 | 2/29 (6.9%) | 4/160 (2.5%) | 75/160 (46.9%) | < 0.0001 |
Methylation-Index: the best cut-off value to discriminate 29 normal controls and 160 hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissues;
χ2 test for trend.