From: The correlations between DNA methylation and polymorphisms in the promoter region of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) gene with postoperative recurrence in patients with thyroid carcinoma (TC)
Group
CpG 1
CpG 2
CpG 3
CpG 4
CpG 5
Methylation levels
Mean value
P
Non-recurrence group
16%
17%
18%
9%
10%
Low
14.0%
<0.001
Recurrence group
25%
31%
21%
39%
38%
High
30.8%