Table 2.

The correlation of VM with the clinicopathological parameter of melanoma

Variables	Cases	VM		χ2	P‐value
		Positive(35)	Negative(46)
Gender
Male	54	23	31	0.025	0.874
Female	27	12	15
Age(years)
<55	22	11	11	0.567	0.451
≥55	59	24	35
Tumour size (cm3)
<7.8	52	22	30	0.048	0.826
≥7.8	29	13	16
Pathological grade
I–II	41	15	26	1.485	0.223
III–IV	40	20	20
Recurrence or Metastasis
Yes	44	24	20	5.044	0.025
No	37	11	26
Rictor
Positive	57	31	26	9.792	0.002
Negative	24	4	20
AKT
Positive	54	29	25	7.270	0.007
Negative	27	6	21
MMP‐2
Positive	60	32	28	9.665	0.002
Negative	21	3	18