Significance of microvessel count in gastric carcinoma

Table 1 Correlation between clinicopathologic factors and microvessel count

Variables	n	MVC	P value
Histologic type
Differentiated	50	15.7 ± 7.7	> 0.05
Undifferentiated	78	17.1 ± 9.1
Serosal inversion
Negative	60	15.7 ± 7.6	> 0.05
Positive	68	16.9 ± 9.1
Growth pattern
Expanding	50	15.9 ± 7.6	> 0.05
Infiltrative	78	17.0 ± 9.0
Lymph node metastasis
Negative	50	13.8 ± 7.4	> 0.01
Positive	78	18.3 ± 8.7

MVC: Microvessel count.

Table 2 Correlation between microvessel count and histologic stage

Histologic stage	n	MVC	P value
I	39	14.5 ± 7.6
II	27	16.4 ± 8.3
III	48	17.4 ± 8.4
IV	14	21.3 ± 10.1	< 0.01b

^bvs stage 1. MVC: Microvessel count.