Table 3 Correlations of mean CD31 and D2-40 microvessel density, visually and image cytometrically, with clinicopathologic parameters of breast carcinoma (expressed as Pearson's correlations with associated P-values)
Clinicopathologic parameter | Microvessel density technique | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
CD31 (visual) | D2-40 (visual) | CD31 (image cytometric) | D2-40 (image cytometric) | |
Patient age | −0.0878 (P=0.6507) | −0.3074 (P=0.1048) | 0.1062 (P=0.5907) | −0.3553 (P=0.0635) |
Tumor size | 0.2998 (P=0.1141) | 0.1213 (P=0.5308) | 0.6669 (P =0.0001) | 0.0879 (P=0.6567) |
Histologic type | −0.0039 (P=9841) | −0.1418 (P=0.4633) | 0.1255 (P=0.5247) | −0.0501 (P=0.8001) |
Histologic grade | −0.0912 (P=0.6382) | 0.0360 (P=0.8531) | 0.4746 (P =0.0107) | −0.0077 (P=0.9690) |
Lymph node status | −0.1840 (P=0.3393) | 0.3590 (P =0.0558) | 0.3912 (P =0.0395) | 0.1713 (P=0.3835) |
Tumor stage | 0.3529 (P=0.0604) | 0.2632 (P=0.1677) | 0.5324 (P =0.0035) | 0.4669 (P =0.0123) |
Estrogen receptor status | −0.2516 (P=0.1880) | −0.0435 (P=0.8227) | −0.3425 (P=0.0744) | 0.0442 (P=0.8230) |
Progesterone receptor status | −0.1886 (P=0.3272) | 0.0650 (P=0.7378) | −0.0553 (P=0.7799) | 0.3430 (P=0.0739) |
HER2/neu status | 0.1576 (P=0.4141) | −0.1660 (P=0.3894) | −0.0260 (P=0.8957) | 0.0152 (P=0.9389) |
