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Table 4 MVD with tumor grade, stage and eIF4E expression

From: Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 4E (eIF4E) and angiogenesis: prognostic markers for breast cancer

Variable

n

MVD

p value

  

(mean ± S.D.)

(ANOVA)

Total

122

15.22 ± 6.93

 

Invasive carcinoma grade

   

   Grade I

27

10.63 ± 7.54

p < 0.001

   Grade II

41

14.98 ± 5.72

 

   Grade III

34

18.36 ± 6.01

 

TNM staging

   

   Stage I

30

10.55 ± 5.36

p < 0.001

   Stage II

33

12.42 ± 6.17

 

   Stage III

37

15.62 ± 4.75

 

   Stage IV

22

25.11 ± 5.62

 

eIF4E expression

   

   Low reactivity

59

10.19 ± 7.02

p < 0.001

   High reactivity

63

19.93 ± 6.89

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