Clinicopathologic factors	Cases	Expression of VEGF-C		p value	Expression of VEGFR-3		p value
Clinicopathologic factors	Cases	Positive	Negative	p value	Positive	Negative	p value
Gender				0.231			0.228
Male	139	80	59		50	89
Female	47	22	25		12	35
Age				0.849			0.329
≤60	108	60	48		33	75
>60	78	43	35		30	48
Tumor location				0.061			0.628
Upper stomach 1/3	42	32	10		17	25
Middle stomach 1/3	33	12	21		11	22
Lower stomach 1/3	111	59	52		35	76
Gross type				0.012			0.777
I	14	10	4		6	8
II	59	27	32		18	41
III	96	61	35		36	60
IV	17	5	12		3	14
Tumor depth				0.028			0.122
pT1	40	17	23		10	30
pT2	49	24	25		13	36
pT3 - 4	97	62	35		39	58
Differentiation degree				0.614			0.244
High	16	7	9		4	12
Medium	57	30	27		16	41
Low	113	65	48		43	70
Clinical stage				0.002			0.072
I	52	24	28		14	38
II	41	15	26		10	31
III	70	47	23		29	41
IV	23	17	6		11	12
Lymph node metastasis				0.0001			0.002
Positive	96	71	25		43	53
Negative	90	31	59		19	71