Table III.

Multiple linear regression analysis of the association between pVEGF levels and patient clinicopathological parameters.

Parameter	B	β	P-value
pVEGF-A
Age	−455.768	−0.226	<0.05
Malignant/benign	−2085.78	−0.730	<0.01
Only cavity metastasis/multiple metastasis	−961.545	−0.613	<0.01
Clear, yellow/bloody effusion	722.668	0.268	<0.01
pVEGF-C
Age	−22.843	−0.302	<0.01
Malignant/benign	−26.833	−0.250	>0.05
Only cavity metastasis/multiple metastasis	−21.597	−0.367	>0.05
Clear, yellow/bloody effusion	2.957	0.029	>0.05
pVEGF-D
Age	1406.21	0.394	<0.01
Malignant/benign	2776.59	0.548	<0.01
Only cavity metastasis/multiple metastasis	1510.85	0.543	<0.01
Clear, yellow/bloody effusion	−369.836	−0.077	>0.05

VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor; p, pleural, peritoneal or pericardial.