Table 1. Correlation between PRDM16 methylation status and clinical parameters of astrocytoma patients.

Variable	PRDM16		P
	hypomethylation	methylation
Total (N=50)	42	8
Expression(score)			0.016
<8(11)	6	5
≥8(39)	36	3
Sex			0.377
Male(34)	30	4
Female(16)	12	4
Age(years)a			0.307
<42(23)	18	5
>42(27)	24	3
Grade			0.047
low grade (I+II)(20)	14	6
high grade (II+III)(30)	28	2

^amedian age is 42 years

Abbreviation: PRDM16, PR domain containing 16