Table 3.

 Correlation between expression of p-Akt and E-cadherin, PCNA, and VEGF expression

Variables	N	p-Akt
		Negative	Positive	p Value*
E-cadherin expression
Negative	44	19 (22.6%)	25 (29.8%)	0.001
Positive	40	36 (42.9%)	4 (4.8%)
Mean (SD) PCNA LI		54.5 (18.9)	61.8 (18.1)	0.091
VEGF expression
Negative	27	21 (25.0%)	6 (7.1%)	0.143
Positive	57	34 (40.5%)	23 (27.4%)

*Chi square test.

p-Akt, phosphorylated Akt; PCNA LI, proliferating cell nuclear antigen labelling index; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.