Table II.

Correlation between VEGF-C expression and pathological features.

	VEGF-C expression, n
Feature	n	Positive	Negative	P-value
Age, years				P>0.05
≥60	30	21	9
<60	35	28	7
Gender				P>0.05
Male	38	28	10
Female	27	21	6
Tumor location				P>0.05
Hilar/Intrahepatic	34	26	8
Extrahepatic	31	23	8
Tumor size, cm				P>0.05
≥2	21	18	3
<2	44	31	13
Differentiation				P>0.05
Well/moderate	34	25	9
Poor	31	24	7
Lymphatic invasion				P<0.01
Present	42	36	6
Absent	23	13	10

VEGF-C, vascular endothelial growth factor C.