DDIT3 and chronic myelogenous leukemia, BCR-ABL1 positive: The level of DDIT3 transcript in CML patients was significantly lower than that in controls (median 3.28 vs 19.69, P < 0.001), however, there was no difference in the level of DDIT3 transcript between methylation-positive CML cases (0.05-65.32, median 2.13) and methylation- negative CML cases (0.12-126.04, median 3.92) (P > 0.05).