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Table IV.

MVD and tumor progression of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Variable	Low MVD	High MVD	P-value
No. of animals	8	9	N/A
Body weight, g	20.62±1.66^a	21.58±2.08^a	0.314
Tumor weight, g	2.87±0.82^a	2.91±0.91^a	0.926
Tumor weight/body weight, g	0.14±0.05^a	0.14±0.05^a	0.904
Lung metastasis, %	75.0%	44.4%	0.335
No. of lung metastases	1.75±1.16^a	1.22±1.56^a	0.447
Cellular no. of metastases	32.38±35.55^a	75.33±97.11^a	0.257

Student's t test was used to assess the statistical significance of differences in tumor weight, number of lung metastases and cellular numbers of metastases between the low MVD group and high MVD group. Lung metastatic rate was evaluated by Fishers' exact test.

mean ± standard deviation. MVD, microvessel density; N/A, not applicable.