Lymphangiogenic and angiogenic microvessel density in human primary sporadic colorectal carcinoma

Table 1 Correlation of LVD/MVD with clinicopathologic parameters of SCRC

Clinicopathologic features	LVD		MVD
	n	mean ± SD	P	mean ± SD	P
Age (yr)
<50	28	11.03 ± 5.71	0.396	19.58 ± 9.56	0.332
≥ 50	104	10.14 ± 4.73		21.92 ± 11.76
Gender
Male	77	10.50 ± 4.73	0.641	21.00 ± 11.74	0.609
Female	55	10.09 ± 5.27		22.02 ± 10.82
Tumor size
< 5 cm	77	10.37 ± 4.84	0.904	22.26 ± 11.92	0.313
≥ 5 cm	55	10.26 ± 5.13		20.24 ± 10.46
Location
Right colon	23	9.36 ± 3.95	0.323	23.36 ± 10.33	0.248
Left colon	23	9.52 ± 4.65		18.06 ± 11.25
Rectum	86	10.80 ± 5.23		21.81 ± 11.55
Invasive depth
Intra-deep muscular	36	9.31 ± 5.82	0.15	21.74 ± 11.02	0.845
Whole layer	96	10.71 ± 5.82		21.30 ± 5.76
Degree of differentiation
Well	14	8.38 ± 4.60	0.119	21.28 ± 9.38	0.962
Moderately & poorly	118	10.56 ± 4.95		21.44 ± 11.58
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	74	12.01 ± 4.90	< 0.001	24.00 ± 11.98	0.003
No	58	8.18 ± 4.12		18.14 ± 9.58

LVD: Lymphatic vessel density; MVD: Microvessel density.