Table 3. Association between LMVD or MMP-9 expression and lymph node status in BCYW and BCMEW group.

		LMVD				VEGF-C				MMP-9
	n	low	high	P	r	low	high	P	r	low	high	P	r
BCYW
LNM no	24	11	13			11	13			17	7
LNM yes	27	10	17	0.524	0.089	11	16	0.714	0.051	7	20	0.001	0.410
BCMEW
LNM no	38	14	24			14	24			25	13
LNM yes	17	9	8	0.263	0.149	6	11	0.912	0.015	12	5	0.726	0.047