Research on the prognosis of different types of microvessels in bladder transitional cell carcinoma

Table 1 Relationship between microvessel density and the clinicopathological features of bladder transitional cell carcinoma patients

Clinical parameters	Case number	MVD-CD31	MVD-CD34	Undifferentiated blood vessel MVD
				High	Low
Control group	18			18	0
Pathological grading
Grade I	13	117 ± 29.3	90 ± 27.5	8	5
Grade II	16	150 ± 39.8	120 ± 28.7	6	10
Grade III	33	200 ± 43.5	160 ± 29.8	7	26
Clinical stages
Superficial type (TIS-T1)	26	120 ± 30.4	100 ± 25.5	20	6
Infiltration type (T2-T4)	36	190 ± 37.7	160 ± 32.1	13	23
Prognosis
No recurrence or metastasis	38	130 ±35.6	110 ± 34.4	26	12
Recurrence or metastasis	24	190 ± 45.7	160 ± 41.1	5	19

MVD: Microvessel density.