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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 28, 2008; 14(24): 3879-3883
Published online Jun 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3879
Table 2 Associations between serum concentrations (pg/mL) of VEGF-A, -C, and -D, and VEGFR-1 and -2 and clinco-pathological features in 76 patients of gastric adenocarcinoma and 76 control subjects (mean ± SD )
PathologicalnVEGF-AVEGF-CVEGF-DVEGFR-1VEGFR-2
Site
Distal43522.9 ± 371.66035.5 ± 2544.3474.1 ± 276.5863.0 ± 380.39058.9 ± 2140.2
Non-distal33667.5 ± 444.46278.5 ± 2368.0494.6 ± 238.6887.7 ± 341.79537.0 ± 2073.7
Classification
Intestinal40586.0 ± 381.15895.3 ±2315.7472.3 ± 216.9872.8 ± 361.78982.6 ± 2408.5
Diffuse or mixed36585.5 ± 436.46362.2 ± 2585.0492.6 ± 367.2874.6 ± 366.79522.0 ± 1795.4
T stage+
T1 + T212635.6 ± 291.34843.4 ± 1682.9465.3 ± 248.0661.4 ± 383.38144.9 ± 1804.8
T3 + T446484.1 ± 377.16378.0 ± 2345.8a501.9 ± 286.4872.3 ± 364.69344.9 ± 2254.5
Lymph node+
Negative8597.4 ± 476.55450.7 ± 2381.5397.3 ± 116.9717.5 ± 364.98843.8 ± 2419.8
Positive50503.2 ± 346.26065.6 ± 2367.4514.1 ± 291.8828.8 ± 377.89065.2 ± 2076.8
Metastasis
Absent42517.0 ± 331.55918.8 ± 2456.4493.4 ± 283.9779.1 ± 396.59007.8 ± 2297.8
Present34670.5 ±478.86415.5 ± 2464.3470.1 ± 228.8990.7 ± 277.1a9586.1 ± 1838.1
Stage
1 + 213586.5 ± 400.14848.8 ± 1948.7458.6 ± 225.1633.1 ± 365.18785.6 ± 2082.9
3 + 463585.5 ± 413.36407.7 ± 2477.9a488.1 ± 267.1923.4 ± 343.4b9365.8 ± 2119.7
Differentiation
Well6335.9 ± 310.54386.9 ± 2653.1363.3 ± 102.0595.5 ± 341.17265.1 ± 2188.0
Moderate + poor70607.1 ± 410.46291.4 ± 2399.2493.3 ± 266.4897.6 ± 355.8a9438.1 ± 2029.6a