Table 2.
The correlation of VEGF expression and the pathological stage and grade in the UC patients.
| VEGF expression (n) | R value | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| − | + | ++ | +++ | |||
| Grade | 0.735 | 0.001 | ||||
| LGPUC | 14 | 4 | 14 | 10 | ||
| HGPUC | 7 | 8 | 9 | 16 | ||
| T stage | 0.823 | 0.001 | ||||
| NMIBC | 19 | 6 | 20 | 11 | ||
| MIBC | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | ||
NMIBC: nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer; MIBC: muscle invasive bladder cancer; LGPUC: low grade papillary urothelial cancer; HGPUC: high grade papillary urothelial cancer.