Prognostic Significance of Microvessel Density Determining by Endoglin in Stage II Rectal Carcinoma: A Retrospective Analysis

Table 3

Overall survival rates and univariate analysis of patients with stage II rectal cancer.

Variable	Number of patients	Overall survival rates	Log-rank test
Age			0.015
≤69	49	79.6
>69	46	58.7
Gender			0.805
Male	61	70.5
Female	34	67.6
Tumor location			0.446
Upper rectum	23	69.6
Middle rectum	52	65.4
Low rectum	20	80.0
Grade of differentiation			0.721
G1	55	72.7
G2	34	64.7
G3	6	66.7
Histologic type			0.581
Adenocarcinoma	82	68.3
Adenocarcinoma with mucinous features	13	76.9
CD105 expression			0.035
High	24	87.5
Low	71	63.4
CD105-MVD			0.040
High	44	79.5
Low	51	60.8