Vimentin Overexpressions Induced by Cell Hypoxia Promote Vasculogenic Mimicry by Renal Cell Carcinoma Cells

Table 1

Relationship between VM and Vimentin expression and clinical parameters in ccRCC.

		VM			Vimentin
	n	Negative	Positive	p-value	Low expression; (staining index <4)	High expression; (staining index ≥4)	p-value
Age (yr)				0.278			0.052
<55	54	44	10		16	38
≥55	59	43	16		28	31
Gender				0.731			0.403
Female	36	27	9		12	24
Male	77	60	17		32	45
Position				0.055			0.060
Left	62	52	10		29	33
Right	51	35	16		15	36
Grade (Differentiation level)				<0.001			<0.001
Well	88	82	6		44	44
Moderately and poorly	25	5	20		0	25
TNM stage				<0.001			<0.001
I+II	87	80	7		43	44
III+IV	26	7	19		1	25
Metastasis				<0.001			<0.001
No	94	87	7		44	50
Yes	19	0	19		0	19