[Retracted] The Relationship between VEGF-C, TAM, and Lymph Node Metastasis in Oral Cancer

Table 3

Relationship between lymph node metastasis and lymphatic vessel density, number of TAMs, and VEGF-C expression.

Group	Lymphatic vessel density		TAMs number		VEGF-C expression (%)
	Paracancerous tissue	Tumor tissue	Paracancerous tissue	Tumor tissue	Paracancerous tissue	Tumor tissue
Lymph node metastasis group (n = 52)	8.82 ± 1.93a	7.01 ± 1.72	88.46 ± 2.41a	86.63 ± 2.50	11.89 ± 2.25a	10.67 ± 2.62
Nonmetastatic group (n = 103)	7.51 ± 1.80	6.27 ± 1.84	86.25 ± 2.91	85.37 ± 2.18	10.97 ± 2.42	9.54 ± 2.05
T	4.175	2.415	4.718	3.232	2.287	2.944
	<0.001	0.017	<0.001	0.002	0.024	0.005

Note: ^a.