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Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics

Table 10 Relation between histopathology and SHOX2 methylation % among the different lung cancer histopathological types (n = 60)

From: SHOX2 gene methylation in Egyptians having lung cancer

 

Hispathology of lung biopsy (n = 60)

H

p

Squamous cell carcinoma

(n = 18)

Adeno-carcinoma

(n = 24)

Anaplastic carcinoma

(n = 10)

Adeno-carcinoma in situ

(n = 8)

MethylatedSHOX2level (%)

Min. – Max.

8.97–77.16

6.57–29.89

3.90–10.48

7.14–7.16

14.199*

0.003*

Mean ± SD.

40.61 ± 1.18

15.01 ± 6.42

7.85 ± 3.21

7.15 ± 0.01

Median

41.47

15.67

8.52

7.15

  1. H: Kruskal Wallis test, p: p value for association between biopsy and percentage of methylated SHOX2
  2. *Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05
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