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Table 1 Associations of LVD and BVD with the clinic-pathological data.

From: How useful is the assessment of lymphatic vascular density in oral carcinoma prognosis?

 

Peritumoral LVD*

Intratumoral LVD¥

Peritumoral BVD*

Intratumoral BVD*

 

n

Median

p

n

Mean

p

n

Median

p

n

Median

p

Age

  

1.000

  

0.569

  

0.590

  

0.266

Gender

  

0.560

  

0.743

  

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Smoking history

  

0.533

  

0.295

  

0.532

  

0.250

Alcohol consumption

  

0.867

  

0.502

  

0.773

  

0.896

Mouth region

  

0.454

  

0.118

  

0.845

  

0.495

Retromolar

4

6.2

 

4

7.8

 

4

8.1

 

4

4.6

 

Oral floor

10

5.2

 

10

5.3

 

8

8.0

 

7

8.3

 

Lower gingiva

3

7.1

 

3

7.9

 

3

10.2

 

3

15.9

 

Tongue

13

7.5

 

14

6.4

 

11

9.7

 

10

7.4

 

Histological Differentiation

  

0.629

  

0.526

  

0.987

  

0.711

Desmoplasia

  

0.986

  

0.869

  

0.288

  

0.085

Perineural infiltration

  

0.780

  

0.721

  

0.833

  

0.538

T

  

0.491

  

0.443

  

1.000

  

0.567

pT1 + pT2

11

7.0

 

12

6.0

 

9

8.7

 

7

6.9

 

pT3 + pT4

19

6.7

 

19

6.6

 

17

8.7

 

17

7.6

 

N

  

0.722

  

0.767

  

0.085

  

0.202

pN0 + pN1

17

7.0

 

17

6.3

 

14

6.7

 

13

6.9

 

pN2 + pN3

13

6.7

 

14

6.5

 

12

9.6

 

11

7.6

 

Clinical Staging

  

0.423

  

0.998

  

0.652

  

0.819

Metastasis

  

0.717

  

0.159

  

0.355

  

0.698

Absent

25

6.5

 

26

6.6

 

22

9.0

 

20

7.4

 

Present

5

7.1

 

5

5.1

 

4

6.5

 

4

6.0

 

Local recurrence

  

0.052

  

0.618

  

0.544

  

0.874

Negative

22

6.5

 

22

6.3

 

19

8.4

 

17

7.5

 

Positive

8

8.4

 

9

6.7

 

7

9.7

 

7

7.2

 

Outcome

  

0.083

  

0.859

  

0.314

  

0.052

Disease free

14

6.0

 

14

6.2

 

11

6.9

 

10

7.2

 

Death for other reasons

3

8.7

 

3

6.6

 

3

10.2

 

3

15.9

 

Death by cancer

13

7.8

 

14

6.6

 

12

9.0

 

11

5.8

 
  1. * Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test when k > 2; ¥ T-Student test and One-Way ANOVA when k > 2)