Correlative studies on bFGF mRNA and MMP-9 mRNA expressions with microvascular density, progression, and prognosis of gastric carcinomas

Table 1 Correlation of bFGF and MMP-9 mRNA expression and pathological parameters in 105 gastric carcinoma cases.

Groups	n	bFGFmRNA				rs	P	MMP-9mRNA				rs	P
		-	+	++	+++			-	+	++	+++
Growth pattern						0.324	0.001					0.267	0.006
Expansive	48	27	8	8	5			27	12	9	0
Infiltrative	57	14	7	20	16			17	13	21	6
Invasive depth						0.211	0.031					0.335	0.001
T1-T2	44	31	5	5	3			26	11	6	1
T3-T4	61	10	10	23	18			18	14	24	5
Vessel invasion						0.579	0.001					0.209	0.032
Absent	29	25	2	2	0			17	7	4	1
Present	76	16	13	26	21			27	18	26	5
Lymph node metastasis						0.405	0.001					0.343	0.001
Absent	35	25	4	4	2			21	6	7	1
Present	70	16	11	24	19			23	19	23	5
Distant metastasis						0.474	0.001					0.468	0.001
Absent	63	37	14	8	4			40	9	10	4
Present	42	4	1	20	17			4	16	20	2