Table II.

Correlation between STAT3, p-STAT3, HIF-1α and VM expression in GAC.

	STAT3				p-STAT3				HIF-1α
Factors	Negative	Positive	P value	r	Negative	Positive	P value	r	Negative	Positive	P value	r
VM
Negative	11	30	0.012	0.323	22	19	0.028	0.285	20	21	0.004	0.369
Positive	0	19			3	16			2	17
HIF-1α
Negative	9	13	<0.001	0.444	14	8	0.008	0.339
Positive	2	36			11	27
p-STAT3
Negative	9	16	0.002	0.386
Positive	2	33

STAT3, signal transducer and activator of transcription-3; p-STAT3, phosphor-STAT3; HIF-1α, hypoxia-inducible factor-1α; VM, vasculogenic mimicry; GAC, gastric adenocarcinoma.