Table 4.

Association between the methylation status of TERT gene promoter and clinicopathological features.

Parameter	TERT hypermethylation	TERT hypomethylation
Gender
Male	61	7
Female	2	0
p-value	0.999
Age
≤50	1	0
50–70	41	3
>70	21	4
p-value	0.696
Smoking
Yes	25	3
No	38	4
p-value	0.945
Tumor stage
≤PT1	47	5
>PT1	16	2
p-value	0.847
Tumor grade
LG	24	3
HG	39	4
p-value	0.804
Tumor recurrence
Yes	10	2
No	37	3
p-value	0.135
Tumor progression
Yes	4	1
No	43	4
p-value	0.332