Clinical implication of VEGF serum levels in cirrhotic patients with or without portal hypertension

Table 1 The clinical, biochemical and radiological characteristics of the patients with different stages of liver cirrhosis

	Child-Pugh's A n = 22	Child-Pugh's B n = 19	Child Pugh's C n = 12
Age (yrs)	56.3 ± 12	49.0 ± 12.9	53.3 ± 14
Gender (m/f)	9/13	13/6	10/2
Albumin (g/dl)	4.1 ± 0.3	3.3 ± 0.4	2.7 ± 0.3
Bilirubin (mg%)	1.1 ± 0.3	1.8 ± 1.0	3.8 ± 1.1
PT (%)	81 ± 13.5	66.3 ± 14.4	51.7 ± 9.4
AST (U)	66 ± 38	62 ± 45	94 ± 76
ALT (U)	67 ± 50	44 ± 42	58 ± 59
VEGF (ng/L)	78 ± 13.5	63 ± 9.4	87 ± 20
IGF-1 (nmol/L)	16.7 ± 1.4	13.3 ± 1.06	10.9 ± 1.1
PFV (cm/sec)	19.2 ± 2.7	17.2 ± 8.3	17.2 ± 5.3
Pv diameter (mm)	14.5 ± 2.3	11.7 ± 3.5	13 ± 2.5
Spleen size (cm)	15.1 ± 2.4	16.2 ± 1.9	15.4 ± 2.7