Table 4.

Correlation between microvessel density group and clinicopathological parameters of gastric cancer

Clinicopathological parameters	Total (n=145)	Microvessel density (MVD) Group		p-value
		High MVD (n=74)	Low MVD (n=71)
Age (years)
< 60	67	33	34	0.627
≥ 60	78	41	37
Sex
Male	99	49	50	0.599
Female	46	25	21
Tumor size (cm)
< 5.0	66	30	36	0.501
≥ 5.0	79	44	35
Lauren Classification
Intestinal	70	32	38	0.382
Diffuse	42	25	17
Mixed	33	17	16
Differentiation grade*
WD	24	7	17	0.613
MD	45	27	18
PD	76	40	36
TNM stage
I	52	21	31	0.068
II	21	11	10
III	47	23	24
IV	25	19	6
Depth of tumor invasion (T)
T1	24	5	19	0.004
T2	32	16	16
T3	75	40	35
T4	14	13	1
Lymph node metastasis (N)
N0	70	35	35	0.756
N1–3	75	39	36
Distant metastasis (M)
M0	125	58	67	0.021
M1	20	16	4

^*WD, well differentiated; MD, moderately differentiated; PD, poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma