Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics

Table 1 Comparison between controls and cases regarding their demographic data

From: SHOX2 gene methylation in Egyptians having lung cancer

	Controls (n = 20)		Cases (n = 60)		Test of sig.	p
	n	%	n	%	Test of sig.	p
Sex
Male	12	60.0	50	83.3	χ² = 2.342	^FEp = 0.190
Female	8	40.0	10	16.7	χ² = 2.342	^FEp = 0.190
Age (years)
Min. – Max.	28.0–72.0		34.0–82.0		t = 1.688	0.114
Mean ± SD.	53.20 ± 12.47		60.67 ± 10.96
Median	54.0		60.50

χ²: Chi square test, FE: Fisher exact, t: Student t test, p: p value for comparing between the two groups
*Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05

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