Table 2.

The association between methylation of the MGMT promoter and patient characteristics.

Variable		Number of Patients	MGMT Methylation
Sex	Female	9	5
	Male	32	13
Age	≤53	21	9
	>53	20	9
Tumor size (cm3)	≤32	21	10
	>32	20	8
Resection rate	Gross total resection	26	11
	Subtotal resection	15	7

Note: MGMT-O⁶-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase.