Table 2.

Reprimo and hMLH1 gene methylation and protein expression

Group	N	Reprimo methylation rate	Reprimo protein expression	hMLH1 methylation rate	hMLH1 protein expression	Combined rate of methylation	Combined expression rate
Intestinal metaplasia	50	14 (28%)	16 (32%)	10 (20%)	11 (22%)	17 (34%)	18 (36%)
Dysplasia	50	28 (56%)	30 (60%)	22 (44%)	20 (40%)	38 (76%)	39 (78%)
Gastric cancer	50	31 (62%)	33 (66%)	24 (48%)	23 (46%)	42 (84%)	41 (82%)
Normal	30	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (3.3%)	0 (0%)	1 (3.3%)	0 (0%)