Table 3 Comparison of promoter methylation of APC and ATAM genes in patients with oral cavity cancer and healthy controls.
| Gene | Methylation statuse |
Controls N (%) |
Cases N (%) | *P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC | Present | 50 (87.71) | 60 (71.42) | 0.01 |
| Absent | 7 (12.29) | 24 (28.58) | ||
| ATM | Present | 44 (77.19) | 74 (88.09) | 0.8 |
| Absent | 13 (22.81) | 10 (11.91) |