Table 2 Correlation between MVD and clinicopathological factors
From: Prognostic significance of angiogenesis in gastrointestinal stromal tumor
Factors | MVD (/0.95 mm2)a | P-value |
|---|---|---|
Age (year) | 0.7265 | |
<64 (n=47) | 8.3 (2.4–11.1) | |
≥64 (n=48) | 5.8 (2.4–13.1) | |
Gender | 0.0399 | |
Male (n=48) | 9.4 (4.3–13.5) | |
Female (n=47) | 4.6 (2.0–10.4) | |
Site | 0.0422 | |
Stomach (n=64) | 6.7 (1.8–10.8) | |
Intestine (n=31) | 9.0 (4.6–19.9) | |
Size | 0.0006 | |
<5 cm (n=39) | 4.1 (1.6–9.0) | |
≥5 cm (n=56) | 9.4 (4.1–15.3) | |
Cell type | 0.5656 | |
Spindle (n=92) | 6.9 (2.4–11.6) | |
Epithelioid and mixed (n=3) | 11.2 (4.1–23.5) | |
Mitosis | 0.6785 | |
<5/50 HPF (n=55) | 6.3 (2.4–11.7) | |
≥5/50 HPF (n=40) | 8.2 (2.4–11.3) | |
Tumor grade | 0.0359 | |
Very low+low (n=29) | 4.6 (1.7–9.4) | |
Intermediate (n=38) | 8.3 (2.4–11.8) | |
High (n=28) | 8.7 (3.4–14.6) | |
Ki-67 index | 0.2579 | |
<4.6% (n=47) | 5.1 (1.7–11.4) | |
≥4.6% (n=48) | 8.5 (3.6–11.8) | |
VEGF expression | <0.0001 | |
Low (n=50) | 3.6 (1.6–9.1) | |
High (n=45) | 10.4 (4.9–17.3) |
