Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of MACC1 and VEGFA expressions in 122 cholangiocarcinoma patients

Characteristics	MACC1 expression		P-valuea	VEGFA expression		P-valuea
	Low (N=57)	High (N=65)		Low (N=55)	High (N=67)
Age			0.483			0.251
<60 years	36	37		36	37
≥60 years	21	28		19	30
Gender			0.741			0.973
Male	35	38		33	40
Female	22	27		22	27
Location			0.665			0.059
Intrahepatic	16	16		19	13
Extrahepatic	41	49		36	54
Histological			0.980			0.325
G1	5	6		5	6
G2	43	48		38	53
G3	9	11		12	8
T classificationb			0.194			0.771
T1 or T2	27	40		31	36
T3 or T4	30	25		24	31
Lymph node metastasis			0.018			0.006
Negative	35	26		35	26
Positive	22	39		20	41

Notes:

^aData in bold indicates a P-value <0.05 and was considered to be statistically significant.

^bAccording to the seventh UICC-TNM staging. Statistical analysis was performed by a χ² or Fisher’s exact test.

Abbreviations: UICC, Union for International Cancer Control; TNM, Tumor Node Metastasis.