Cytokines in Pericardial Effusion of Patients with Inflammatory Pericardial Disease

Table 3

Correlation between VEGF and bFGF and markers of pericardial inflammation in patients with inflammatory pericardial effusion.

Variable		VEGF	bFGF
LDH (U/L) in PE	r	0.655	−0.542
	P	<0.001	0.002
Leukocytes (G/L) in PE	r	0.543	−0.443
	P	0.003	0.02

VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor; bFGF: basic fibroblast growth factor; PE: pericardial effusion; r, Spearman coefficient of correlation; P: 𝑃-value.