Table 3 Association between the metabolic markers and the vascular markers in SCC samples
| Â | VEGF-A | VEGF-C | VEGFR-1 | VEGFR-2 | VEGFR-3 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Positive (%) | p | n | Positive (%) | p | n | Positive (%) | p | n | Positive (%) | p | n | Positive (%) | p | |
MCT1 | Â | Â | 0.013 | Â | Â | 1.000 | Â | Â | 0.370 | Â | Â | 0.426 | Â | Â | 0.722 |
 Negative | 17 | 16 (94.1) |  | 19 | 18 (94.7) |  | 19 | 2 (10.5) |  | 19 | 14 (73.7) |  | 18 | 6 (33.3) |  |
 Positive | 15 | 8 (53.3) |  | 15 | 14 (93.3) |  | 15 | 4 (26.7) |  | 15 | 13 (86.7) |  | 15 | 4 (26.7) |  |
MCT4 | Â | Â | 0.108 | Â | Â | 0.172 | Â | Â | 0.209 | Â | Â | 0.670 | Â | Â | 1.000 |
 Negative | 12 | 11 (91.7) |  | 14 | 12 (85.7) |  | 14 | 1 (7.1) |  | 14 | 12 (85.7) |  | 14 | 4 (28.6) |  |
 Positive | 19 | 12 (63.2) |  | 19 | 19 (100.0) |  | 19 | 5 (26.3) |  | 19 | 14 (73.7) |  | 19 | 6 (31.6) |  |
CD147 | Â | Â | 0.645 | Â | Â | 1.000 | Â | Â | 1.000 | Â | Â | 1.000 | Â | Â | 0.314 |
 Negative | 24 | 18 (75.0) |  | 26 | 25 (96.2) |  | 26 | 5 (19.2) |  | 26 | 20 (76.9) |  | 26 | 6 (23.1) |  |
 Positive | 6 | 4 (66.7) |  | 6 | 6 (100.0) |  | 6 | 1 (16.7) |  | 6 | 5 (83.3) |  | 6 | 3 (50.0) |  |
GLUT1 | Â | Â | 0.390 | Â | Â | 0.553 | Â | Â | 0.340 | Â | Â | 1.000 | Â | Â | 0.205 |
 Negative | 8 | 7 (87.5) |  | 9 | 9 (100.0) |  | 9 | 3 (33.3) |  | 9 | 7 (77.8) |  | 8 | 4 (50.0) |  |
 Positive | 27 | 18 (66.7) |  | 26 | 23 (88.5) |  | 26 | 4 (15.4) |  | 26 | 21 (80.8) |  | 25 | 6 (24.0) |  |
CAIX | Â | Â | 0.685 | Â | Â | 0.485 | Â | Â | 0.175 | Â | Â | 0.398 | Â | Â | 0.909 |
 Negative | 15 | 12 (80.0) |  | 16 | 16 (100.0) |  | 16 | 1 (6.2) |  | 16 | 14 (87.5) |  | 16 | 5 (31.2) |  |
 Positive | 16 | 11 (68.8) |  | 17 | 15 (88.2) |  | 17 | 5 (29.4) |  | 17 | 12 (70.6) |  | 17 | 5 (29.4) |  |