Clinical Study

Time-Dependent Changes of Plasma Concentrations of Angiopoietins, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, and Soluble Forms of Their Receptors in Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Patients Following Surgical Resection

Table 2

The correlation between angiogenic factors before and after surgery ( 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 ).

Ang1 Ang2sTie2VEGF
BA 7A 30BA 7A 30BA 7A 30BA 7A 30

Ang2B 𝑟 = 0 . 3 4
A 7 𝑟 = 0 . 2 0
A 30 𝑟 = 0 . 1 5

sTie2B 𝑟 = 0 . 1 1 𝑟 = 0 . 0 4
A 7 𝑟 = 0 . 0 7 𝑟 = 0 . 3 2
A 30 𝑟 = 0 . 2 0 𝑟 = 0 . 6 3

VEGFB 𝑟 = 0 . 4 9 𝑟 = 0 . 3 9 𝑟 = 0 . 2 1
A 7 𝑟 = 0 . 5 4 𝑟 = 0 . 1 0 𝑟 = 0 . 0 5
A 30 𝑟 = 0 . 6 4 𝑟 = 0 . 0 1 𝑟 = 0 . 2 3

sVEGF-R1B 𝑟 = 0 . 0 2 𝑟 = 0 . 4 1 𝑟 = 0 . 3 3 𝑟 = 0 . 0 6
A 7 𝑟 = 0 . 0 9 𝑟 = 0 . 1 6 𝑟 = 0 . 2 1 𝑟 = 0 . 2 0
A 30 𝑟 = 0 . 1 2 𝑟 = 0 . 1 2 𝑟 = 0 . 2 5 𝑟 = 0 . 3 7

B: before surgery; A 7: on day 7 after surgery; A 30: on day 30 after surgery.