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. 2018 Aug 28;10:2953–2964. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S171796

Table 3.

Meta-regression analysis of DAPK methylation in NPC vs controls

Characteristics Coefficient P 95% CI
Year −0.053 0.57 (−0.26, 0.15)
 Ethnicity
 Caucasian −2.37 0.043 (−4.79, 0.058)
Sample type
 Blood −0.67 0.51 (−2.83, 1.48)
 Tissue 0.39 0.69 (−1.75, 2.52)
Method
 MS-HRM −0.73 0.74 (−5.55, 4.09)
 MSP −0.03 0.99 (−4.27, 4.22)

Abbreviations: MS-HRM, methylation-sensitive high resolution melting; MSP, methylation specific PCR; NPC, nasopharyngeal carcinoma.