Journal of Oncology

Clinical Study

Plasma Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Dysregulation in Defining Aggressiveness of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Table 6

Likelihood ratios (LR), degree of normality/abnormality for VEGF/sVEGFR-1 (V/R), and VEGF (V) secretion patterns.
Test resultLow-grade tumor ( 𝑛 = 5 0 )High-grade tumor ( 𝑛 = 3 2 )
V/R, 𝑛 (%)LRV, 𝑛 (%)LRV/R, 𝑛 (%)LRV, 𝑛 (%)LR
Definitely V H H R H , 3 (6)∞—— V H H R H , 7 (21.9)∞——
abnormal V I R H , 7 (14)4.47 V H R H , 9 (28.1)9
V I R H , 4 (12.5)4
Probably V H R H , 4 (8)2.56————VHH, 12 (37.5)2.42
abnormalVH, 11 (34.4)2.2
Possibly V L R H , 13 (26)1.66VHH, 6 (12)0.8 V H H R L , 5 (15.6)1VI, 4 (12.5)0.8
abnormal V I R L , 6 (12)0.96VH, 7 (14)0.9
VI, 13 (26)1.66
VL, 24 (48)0.9
Probably V H H R L , 3 (6)0.38—— V H R L , 2 (6.3)0.5VL, 5 (15.6)0.3
normal V H R L , 3 (6)0.48 V L R H , 3 (9.4)0.6
V L R L , 11 (22)0.59
Definitely———— V I R L , 0 (0)0——
normal V L R L , 2 (6.3)0.17