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Table 9 Comparison among the perfusion parameters and MVD between VEGF positive and negative expression of three groups of peripheral pulmonary nodules

From: Peripheral pulmonary nodules: Relationship between multi-slice spiral CT perfusion imaging and tumor angiogenesis and VEGF expression

 

Parameter

 

BV

BF

MTT

PS

PH

PHpm/PHa

MVD

VEGF positive expression

Peripheral lung cancer (n = 29) and benign nodule (n = 3)

P

0.031

0.007

0.658

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.010

VEGF negative expression

Peripheral lung cancer (n = 10) and inflammatory nod (n = 13)

P

0.616

0.968

0.308

0.003

0.000

0.001

0.043

 

Peripheral lung cancer (n = 10) and benign nodule (n = 9)

P

0.033

0.114

0.152

0.002

0.000

0.000

0.007

 

Inflammatory nodule (n = 13) and benign nodule (n = 9)

P

0.008

0.003

0.585

0.818

0.000

0.000

0.000