Effect of spectral CT on tumor microvascular angiogenesis in renal cell carcinoma

BMC Cancer

Table 4 Multiple linear regression results evaluating the correlation of microvessel parameters and WC/IC in renal excretory phase

Microvessel Parameters	Mean WC		Mesn IC		Mean NWC		Mean NIC		Random WC		Random IC		Random NWC		Random NIC
Microvessel Parameters	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value
MVD	−0.095	0.606	0.215	0.237	−0.035	0.850	0.137	0.455	−0.042	0.819	0.272	0.132	−0.026	0.889	0.137	0.455
MVA	0.059	0.749	0.186	0.308	0.019	0.917	−0.007	0.971	0.092	0.618	0.333	0.162	0.053	0.779	−0.045	0.806
Specific microvascular	−0.156	0.394	−0.032	0.863	−0.298	0.098	−0.159	0.385	0.001	0.994	0.023	0.900	−0.084	0.648	0.159	0.385
Microvascular grading	−0.112	0.542	0.132	0.471	−0.261	0.148	−0.193	0.285	0.024	0.897	0.156	0.393	−0.170	0.353	−0.193	0.289
Vessel diameter	−0.303	0.092	−0.062	0.735	−0.246	0.175	0.137	0.455	−0.245	0.177	0.068	0.710	−0.207	0.255	0.151	0.408
Tumor diameter	−0.308	0.086	−0.164	0.369	−0.213	0.242	−0.095	0.603	−0.292	0.105	--0.287	0.111	−0.223	0.220	−0.122	0.505
Vessel diameter/ Tumor diameter	−0.135	0.462	−0.006	0.975	−0.054	0.767	0.236	0.194	−0.124	0.500	0.177	0.332	−0.046	0.803	0.312	0.082

None of the Mean (N)WC/IC and Random (N)WC/IC showed correlation microvascular parameters

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