Table 2.
Comparisons of computered tomography (CT) perfusion parameters with levels of angiogenic factors, microvessel density (MVD), and α-fetoprotein (AFP).
| CT perfusion parameters | Angiogenic factors # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p value | IL-6 | IL-8 | VEGF | PDGF | MVD # | AFP # |
| Total BF | 0.8191 | 0.7788 | 0.8353 | 0.6820 | 0.7658 | 0.2146 |
| Arterial BF | 0.7864 | 0.7558 | 0.3398 | 0.0557 | 0.8396 | 0.7104 |
| Portal BF | 0.9357 | 0.5805 | 0.8837 | 0.4238 | 0.8702 | 0.2278 |
| Arterial fraction | 0.3227 | 0.8731 | 0.2239 | 0.1044 | 0.5364 | 0.5758 |
| HCC-parenchymal ratio of total BF | 0.9267 | 0.1520 | 0.9313 | 0.7516 | 0.5727 | 0.0029 ** |
| HCC-parenchymal ratio of arterial BF | 0.8009 | 0.0357 * | 0.7571 | 0.0766 | 0.0678 | 0.0388 * |
| HCC-parenchymal ratio of portal BF | 0.8722 | 0.5982 | 0.9482 | 0.7022 | 0.5616 | 0.1138 |
| HCC-parenchymal ratio of arterial fraction | 0.3368 | 0.0792 | 0.7441 | 0.2174 | 0.2278 | 0.4538 |
#
Data were demonstrated using Pearson r test;
*
p < 0.05;
**
p <0.01.