Table 4.
Comparisons of diffusion-weighted imaging and histopathological results among four groups
| Parameters | Groups | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (BS)-(B) | (BS)-(S) | (BS)-(C) | (B)-(S) | (B)-(C) | (S)-(C) | |||||||
| Z | p† | Z | p† | Z | p† | Z | p† | Z | p† | Z | p† | |
| Necrotic fraction | -1.685 | 0.552 | -1.393 | 0.982 | -2.812 | 0.030 | -0.230 | 1.000 | -1.182 | 1.000 | -1.357 | 1.000 |
| Microvessel density | 1.210 | 1.000 | 2.390 | 0.101 | 2.781 | 0.033 | -1.286 | 1.000 | 1.648 | 0.597 | 0.284 | 1.000 |
| Histopathological SD | 0.907 | 1.000 | 2.581 | 0.059 | 3.281 | 0.006 | -1.789 | 0.442 | 2.490 | 0.077 | 0.585 | 1.000 |
| f | 0.372 | 1.000 | 0.968 | 1.000 | 2.684 | 0.044 | -0.640 | 1.000 | 2.425 | 0.092 | 1.673 | 0.566 |
| Mean diffusivity | -1.000 | 1.000 | -2.143 | 0.193 | -2.823 | 0.029 | 1.238 | 1.000 | -1.912 | 0.336 | -0.585 | 1.000 |
| Mean kurtosis | 1.780 | 0.450 | 2.532 | 0.068 | 3.009 | 0.016 | -0.865 | 1.000 | 1.289 | 1.000 | 0.365 | 1.000 |
| α | -1.152 | 1.000 | -1.929 | 0.322 | -2.873 | 0.024 | 0.863 | 1.000 | -1.806 | 0.426 | -0.859 | 1.000 |
| β | -1.500 | 0.801 | -2.240 | 0.150 | -2.984 | 0.017 | 0.839 | 1.000 | -1.556 | 0.718 | -0.644 | 1.000 |
Significant results reported in bold characters. p† Mann-Whitney U test with Bonferroni adjustment. B Bufalin treatment, BS Bufalin plus sorafenib treatment, C Control, S Sorafenib treatment, SD Standard deviation