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Table 2.

Methylation level of four genes in the serum of age-matched controls, CAG patients, and GC patients.

Gene	Methylation level (mean ± SD)			p value
	Controls	CAG	GC	Overall^a	Controls versus CAG^b	Controls versus GC^b	CAG versus GC^b
	(n = 40)	(n = 46)	(n = 82)	Overall^a	Controls versus CAG^b	Controls versus GC^b	CAG versus GC^b
FLNC	0.082 ± 0.063	0.147 ± 0.184	0.849 ± 1.100	0.005	0.309	0.002	0.019
THBS1	0.051 ± 0.039	0.058 ± 0.049	0.836 ± 1.118	<0.001	0.259	<0.001	<0.001
UCHL1	0.041 ± 0.023	0.044 ± 0.010	0.549 ± 0.614	<0.001	0.08	<0.001	0.016
DLEC1	0.189 ± 0.065	0.203 ± 0.073	0.989 ± 0.767	0.012	0.662	0.005	0.033

SD, standard deviation; GC, gastric cancer; CAG, chronic atrophic gastritis; ^a p value calculated by nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test; ^b p value calculated by Bonferroni correction.