Table 1.

Characteristic features of study populations.

	HD	PBC	CRC
A: Gene expression work.
Number	32	31	23
Median age (range)	34 (20–59)	48 (27–73)	49 (32–82)
Gender (Male: Female)	13:19	0:31	10:11
TNM stage
I		8	1
II		12	7
III		9	10
IV		-	2
Histological grade
Well/moderate		13	15
Poor/undifferentiated		14	6
B: DNA methylation work.
Number	10	8	12
Median Age (range)	35 (25–52)	49 (41–65)	48 (39–74)
Gender (Male: Female)	5:5	0:8	4:7
TNM stage
I		4	-
II		3	4
III		-	7
IV		-	1
Histological grade
Well/moderate		4	8
Poor/undifferentiated		3	3