Is the vascular endothelial growth factor messenger RNA expression in resectable hepatocellular carcinoma of prognostic value after resection ?

Table 3 Correlation between clinical and tumor variables and recurrence-related mortality

Variable	P values
	UV	MV
Sex	0.510	-
Age	0.440	-
Size(< 3 cm, > 10 cm)	0.519	-
Liver cirrhosis	0.510	-
Child-Pugh class	0.548
HBAg (+)	0.351	-
Anti-HCV (+)	0.521	-
Edmondson Steiner grade	< 0.0001	0.053
Capsule	0.033	n.s.
Vascular permeation	< 0.001	0.045
Daughter nodules	0.016	n.s.
Tumor necrosis	0.373	-
Tumor hemorrhage	0.306	-
Tissue VEGF165 mRNA	0.018	0.045
Tissue VEGF121 mRNA	0.744	-

UV: univariate analysis, MV: multivariate analysis, AFP: se-rum alpha fetoprotein, HBsAg (+): positive hepatitis B surface antigen, Anti-HCV(+): positive hepatitis C virus antibody, Edmondson Steiner grade: differentiation grades I, II vs III, IV, n.s: not significant.