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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Sep 15, 2020; 12(9): 1056-1064
Published online Sep 15, 2020. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v12.i9.1056
Published online Sep 15, 2020. 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 |
- Citation: Faias S, Duarte M, Pereira L, Chaves P, Cravo M, Dias Pereira A, Albuquerque C. Methylation changes at the GNAS imprinted locus in pancreatic cystic neoplasms are important for the diagnosis of malignant cysts. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2020; 12(9): 1056-1064
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5204/full/v12/i9/1056.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4251/wjgo.v12.i9.1056