H pylori status and angiogenesis factors in human gastric carcinoma

Table 3 Association between angiogenic characteristics, markers of H pylori status and clinicopathological features

Biomarkers	Tumor stage			M status
	T1-2-3 (n = 28)	T4 (n = 28)	P	M0 (n = 38)	M1 (n = 18)	P
cagA negative (n = 32)	54	63	NS	58	59	NS
vacA no cytotoxic strains (n = 33)	62	63	NS	58	71	NS
TP negative (n = 42)	93	65	0.035	83	71	NS
p53 negative (n = 46)	78	93	NS	78	100	0.038
low MVD values (n = 27)	56	46	NS	54	44	NS
Low VEGF-R1 expression (n = 27)	56	44	NS	51	47	NS
High IgG levels (n = 27)	65	74	NS	77	54	NS
Low pVEGF levels (n = 19)	74	31	0.03	52	58	NS
Low sVEGF levels (n = 19)	35	67	NS	50	50	NS

NS: Non-significant.