Table 3.
The correlation indices between angiogenesis index (mean number of newly formed vessels) and VEGF and IL-8 concentration determined in supernatant separated from peritoneal fluid. Description: treatment means any chemotherapy received less than 4 weeks before fluid collection and no treatment means no chemotherapy or chemotherapy received more than 4 weeks before fluid collection. The correlation indices were estimated with Pearson's test; results statistically significant are in bold.
| VEGF | IL-8 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment | No treatment | Treatment | No treatment | |
| Angiogenesis index | r = 0.354 | r = 0.239 | r = −0.0167 | r = 0.7113 |