Table 3.

Correlation of VM, FoxM1, β-catenin, TCF4 and E-cad in ESCC (n = 216)

Variables	β-catenin (Nuclear)		r	p	TCF4		r	p	E-cad		r	p	VM		r	p
	Negative	Positive			Negative	Positive			Negative	Positive			Negative	Positive
FoxM1			0.812	P < 0.001			0.738	P < 0.001			−0.746	P < 0.001			0.608	P < 0.001
Negative	61	1			62	5			5	21			66	1
Positive	12	137			22	127			128	21			49	100
β-catenin							0.896	P < 0.001			−0.904	P < 0.001			0.670	P < 0.001
Negative					73	11			0	73			73	0
Positive					0	132			133	10			42	101
TCF4											−0.990	P < 0.001			0.729	P < 0.001
Negative									1	83			83	1
Positive									132	0			0	100
E-cad															−0.740	P < 0.001
Negative													32	101
Positive													83	0