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Published in final edited form as: Mod Pathol. 2012 May 25;25(10):1364–1377. doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2012.89

Table 5.

Multivariate logistic regression analysis for lymph node metastasis in the 170 tissue microarray cases with submucosal cancer and submucosal invasion thickness ≥250µm

Parameters		Odds ratio	95% CI	Global P	P- for-trend
Macroscopic shapes	Erosive			0.286
	Papillary	1
	Plaque-like			0.474
	Ulcerative			0.161
	Intraluminal mass			0.490
Degree of differentiation	Well	1
	Moderate	2.708	0.816–8.984	0.104
	Poor	4.425	1.247–12.704	0.021
	Basaloid	2.651	0.587–11.976	0.205
	Sarcomatoid	12.352	1.415–107.864	0.023
VEGF level		2.119	1.319–3.405		0.002

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.