Table 2.

Relationships between glioma MVD and clinical pathological parameters in glioma patients

Variables	N	MVD	P
		Mean ± SD
Sex
Male	57	26.393 ± 15.796	0.718
Female	43	28.891 ± 18.989
Agea
<20	13	32.424 ± 23.100	0.800
20~	51	25.843 ± 15.078
40~	27	30.247 ± 19.438
≥60	8	22.167 ± 11.946
Histological grade
I	8	8.750 ± 4.356	0.000b
II	46	18.457 ± 7.684
III	30	37.044 ± 18.238
IV	16	46.000 ± 12.372
Vasorin expression
‐	12	8.833 ± 3.106	0.000b
+	24	17.139 ± 6.405
++	22	22.788 ± 9.321
+++	33	38.657 ± 15.783
++++	9	53.250 ± 14.719

Abbreviations: MVD, microvessel density; N, number of cases; P, P value.

^a1 case without age.

^bStatistically significant.