Table 2.

Correlations between IGFBP-3 concentration and other factors’ concentrations in serum in non-small-cell lung cancer patients with bone metastases (n=29)

	PDGF-αα	VEGF	IP-10	MCP-1	IFN	IL-6	IL-10	IL-17
IGFBP-3
r	0.322	0.804	0.026	0.785	0.151	0.239	0.251	0.287
P	0.399	0.009**	0.946	0.012*	0.699	0.536	0.514	0.455

Note:

^*P<0.05,

^**P<0.01 compared with r data.

Abbreviations: VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor; PDGF-αα, platelet-derived growth factor-αα; IP-10, interferon-inducible protein 10; MCP-1, monocyte chemotactic protein-1; IFN, interferon; IL, interleukin; IGFBP-3, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3.