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Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Aug 6;150(4):796–803.e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.08.001

TABLE 3.

Comparison of prediction models inclusive of lymphangiogenesis markers and positron emission tomography (PET)

Comparison	Likelihood ratio test P value^*
Model_PET/VEGF-C vs Model_PET	.0069
Model_PET/VEGF-D vs Model_PET	.1886
Model_{PET/VEGF-C/VEGF-D} vs Model_PET	.0146
Model_{PET/VEGF-C/VEGF-D} vs Model_PET/VEGF-C	.2818
Model_{PET/VEGF-C/VEGF-D} vs Model_PET/VEGF-D	.0095

PET, Positron emission tomography; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.

Statistical significance was defined by P<.01 to account for multiple comparisons.