LINE-1 methylation | Patients with proximal adenoma (n = 10)a | Patients with distal adenoma (n = 30)a | P value | Patients with proximalacolon cancer (n = 11) | Patients with distal colon cancer (n = 24)a | P value |
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Normal rectal mucosa | 73.87% (72.47 to 75.90) | 76.06% (74.78 to 77.33) | 0.087 | 77.59% (72.78 to 80.12) | 77.40% (75.70 to 79.79) | 0.794 |
Normal descending mucosa | 80.72% (76.62 to 82.68) | 78.38% (76.55 to 80.01) | 0.176 | 77.14% (75.59 to 80.06) | 78.59% (76.90 to 79.41) | 0.458 |