Table 2.

Correlation of CLIC3 methylation level with clinical and pathological patient characteristics.

Characteristics	N (%)	Median CLIC3 methylation	p-value
Gender			0.81
Male	10 (42)	0.0146
Female	14 (58)	0.0164
Age			0.286
<40	8 (33)	0.0189
40-60	10 (42)	0.0164
60+	6 (25)	0.0077
Smoking history			0.11
No	20 (91)	0.0157
Yes	2 (9)	0.0481
Site			0.19
Major salivary gland	17 (71)	0.0139
Minor salivary gland	7 (29)	0.0199
Overall stage			0.27
I	11 (46)	0.0094
II	7 (29)	0.0153
III-IV	6 (25)	0.0234
Margin status			0.24
Negative	16 (73)	0.0125
Positive	6 (27)	0.0198
Histologic grade			0.90
Low	10 (42)	0.0157
Intermediate	8 (33)	0.0131
High	6 (25)	0.0140
Perineural invasion			0.46
No	12 (86)	0.0125
Yes	2 (14)	0.0284