BioMed Research International

Research Article

Assessment of the Concentration of Endogenous Factors Regulating Angiogenesis, VASH-1 and VEGF-A, in the Blood Serum of Patients with Neuroendocrine Neoplasms

Table 1

Characteristics of the study and the control group with the values of the Kruskal-Wallis test.
Study groupControl group value
Number of patients, (%)120 (100%)69 (100%)—
Age (years), 0.001
BMI (kg/m2), 0.245
Gender, (%)Female69 (57.5%)45 (65.2%)0.493
Male51 (42.5%)24 (34.8%)
Smoking, (%)Yes14 (11.7%)19 (27.5%)0.065
No106 (88.3%)50 (72.5%)
Localization of the primary tumor for GEP-NET cases, (%)Pancreas10 (8.3%)——
Duodenum40 (33.3%)——
Small intestine5 (4.2%)——
Rectum21 (17.5%)——
Appendix14 (11.7%)——
Stomach4 (3.3%)——
Unknown6 (5.0%)——
Localization of the primary tumor for BP-NET cases, (%)Lung20 (16.7%)——
Histological grade for GEP-NET cases, (%)NET G167 (55.8%)——
NET G229 (24.2%)——
NET G34 (3.3%)——
Histological type for BP-NET cases, (%)Typical carcinoid (TC)14 (11.7%)——
Atypical carcinoid (AC)5 (4.2%)——
Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LC-NEC)1 (0.8%)——
Metastasis, (%)Total53 (44.2%)——
Lymph nodes42 (35.0%)——
Liver34 (28.3%)——
Bones7 (5.8%)——
Clinical stage, (%)Stage I46 (38.33%)——
Stage II17 (18.33%)——
Stage III22 (18.33%)——
Stage IV35 (29.17%)——