Table 2.

Relationship between EphA7 expression or microvessel count and clinicopathological features of 32 patients with GBM.

	EphA7 expression		P value	MVD		P value
Age	N	positive (%)		N	high MVD N (%)
<= 50	10	3 (30)		11	6 (54.55)
>50	22	19 (86.36)	0.003	21	16 (76.19)	ns
Gender
male	21	15 (71.43)		21	15 (71.43)
female	11	7 (63.64)	ns	11	8 (72.72)	ns
Tumor status
Primary	26	20 (76.92)		26	22 (84.62)
Recurrence	6	2 (33.33)	ns	6	1 (16.67)	0.003

MVD: microvessel density, N: number of patients, ns: not significant. The median MVD of 30 vessels was used as a cutpoint.