VEGF Correlates with Inflammation and Fibrosis in Tuberculous Pleural Effusion

Table 5

Multivariate logistic regression analyses of factors associated with residual pleural thickening (RPT).

	Odds; ratio	95% CI	value
Effusion status
Effusion CXR score, %	1.01	1.00–1.02	0.02
Loculation	1.00	0.99-1.00	0.99
Pleural fluid
pH value	1.01	0.98–1.04	0.52
Leukocyte count, cells/L	1.00	0.99-1.00	0.87
PAI-1, ng/mL	0.99	0.97–1.03	0.76
tPA, ng/mL	1.00	0.99-1.00	0.99
PAI-1/tPA ratio	1.01	0.98–1.04	0.52
IL-8, pg/mL	1.00	0.99-1.00	0.93
VEGF, pg/mL	1.28	1.06–1.51	0.01

See Table 2 for definition of the abbreviations. CI: confidence interval.