Table 3 Correlation between VEGF expression and clinicopathological factors
From: Prognostic significance of angiogenesis in gastrointestinal stromal tumor
Factors | VEGF expression | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Low (n=50) | High (n=45) | ||
Age (year) | 0.1799 | ||
<64 (n=47) | 28 | 19 | |
≥64 (n=48) | 22 | 26 | |
Gender | 0.0101 | ||
Male (n=48) | 19 | 29 | |
Female (n=47) | 31 | 16 | |
Site | 0.0198 | ||
Stomach (n=64) | 39 | 25 | |
Intestine (n=31) | 11 | 20 | |
Size | 0.3015 | ||
<5 cm (n=39) | 23 | 16 | |
≤5 cm (n=56) | 27 | 29 | |
Cell type | 0.4963 | ||
Spindle (n=92) | 49 | 43 | |
Epithelioid and mixed (n=3) | 1 | 2 | |
Mitosis | 0.2200 | ||
<5/50 HPF (n=55) | 26 | 29 | |
≥5/50 HPF (n=40) | 24 | 16 | |
Tumor grade | 0.4197 | ||
Very low+low (n=29) | 13 | 16 | |
Intermediate (n=38) | 23 | 15 | |
High (n=28) | 14 | 14 | |
Ki-67 index | 0.3523 | ||
<4.6% (n=47) | 27 | 20 | |
≥4.6% (n=48) | 23 | 25 | |
