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

Figure 1 Serum VEGF levels of patients with liver cirrhosis, healthy controls and acute hepatitis. The mean serum level of the cirrhotic patients was significantly lower than that of healthy controls and acute hepatitis patients (P < 0.01, P < 0.02), respectively.

Figure 2 Serum VEGF levels in patients with different grades of liver cirrhosis (Child-Pugh-s class). The mean serum VEGF level was not significantly different among the three classes.

Figure 3 Serum VEGF levels of patients with liver cirrhosis with or without portal hypertension. The mean serum level of the cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension was significantly lower than of those without portal hypertension (P < 0.005).

Figure 4 Correlation between serum VEGF levels and portal blood flow velocity in all patients with liver cirrhosis (r = 0. 6).