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. 2020 Sep 15;12(9):1056–1064. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v12.i9.1056

Table 3.

Correlation between methylation status and malignancy with partial correlation controlling for patients’ gender and age

Rank correlation
Kendall
Partial
Possible confounders
Gender
Age
Malignant cysts Correlation P value Correlation Correlation
NESP55 hypermethylation 0.539 0.003 0.545 0.519
GNASAS hypermethylation 0.431 0.015 0.459 0.584
GNASXL hypermethylation 0.434 0.011 0.461 0.356
GNAS1A hypermethylation 0.160 0.361 0.191 0.147
GNAS locus methylation changes 0.837 <0.001 0.870 0.825

GNAS: Guanine nucleotide-binding protein, alpha stimulating.