Table 1. Expression of HIF-2α and VM and the relation with the clinicopathologic features in pancreatic carcinoma.

Variables	HIF-2α				VM
	No.	Positive	Negative	P-value	Positive	Negative	P-value
Gender				0.306			0.473
Male	42	26	16		20	22
Female	28	21	7		16	12
Age (years)				1.000			0.467
≤ 65	41	28	13		23	18
>65	29	19	10		13	16
Tumor location				0.569			0.278
Head	52	36	16		29	23
Body and tail	18	11	7		7	11
Tumor size (cm)				0.122			0.147
≤2	27	15	12		17	10
>2	43	32	11		19	24
Differentiation				0.026			0.014
Well	8	3	5		2	6
Moderate	17	9	8		5	12
Poor	45	35	10		29	16
Clinical stage				0.017			0.001
I	25	12	13		6	19
II	45	35	10		30	15
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	38	30	8	0.040	25	13	0.016
No	32	17	15		11	21