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Table 6 Comparison of methylation levels at five CpG sites of patients in the recurrence and non-recurrence groups

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%

  1. CpG cytidine-phosphate-guanosine