The relationship between Twist,VEGF,MVD and clinicopathological features
| TWIST | VEGF | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Total | Negative | Positive | p* | Negative | Positive | p* | MVD | P** |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 34 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 74.36 ± 30.86 | |||
| Female | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0.789 | 3 | 3 | 0.493 | 81.72 ± 19.41 | 0.579 |
| Tumor size (cm) | |||||||||
| ≤5 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 85.88 ± 25.98 | |||
| >5 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0.565 | 9 | 13 | 0.622 | 66.59 ± 29.64 | 0.037 |
| AFP level (μg/L) | |||||||||
| ≤20 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 72.73 ± 26.64 | |||
| >20 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 0.870 | 8 | 17 | 0.354 | 77.22 ± 31.29 | 0.647 |
| Tumor grade | |||||||||
| Well | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 78.96 ± 32.97 | |||
| Moderate | 19 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 80.26 ± 28.56 | |||
| Poor | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0.507 | 5 | 5 | 0.620 | 61.04 ± 24.76 | 0.245 |
| Intrahepatic metastasis | |||||||||
| Present | 18 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 82.58 ± 29.30 | |||
| Absent | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0.048 | 10 | 12 | 0.251 | 68.03 ± 28.16 | 0.123 |