Table 2.

Malignant gene mutations identified in the study by correlation analysis.

Gene	Type	Clinical features
		UA		P	Clinical stage		P
		>N	N		III or IV	II
SOCS1	MUT	4	0	0.002	7	0	0.045
	WT	0	8		2	3
CIITA	MUT	4	6	0.515	9	1	0.045
	WT	0	2		0	2

Abbreviations: UA, uric acid; N, normal value; >N, higher than normal value; MUT, mutation; WT, wild-type.