22 February 2022>: Clinical Research
Comparison of the Color Doppler Vascularity Index in Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma and Chronic Pancreatitis from a Single Center in Poland
Przemysław Dyrla 1AE* , Arkadiusz Lubas 2BCDE , Jerzy Gil 1DF , Marek Saracyn 3DF , Maciej Gonciarz 1CEDOI: 10.12659/MSM.935249
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e935249
Table 1 Comparison of the results of perfusion and vascularization assessment of focal chronic pancreatitis and malignant pancreatic tumors.
Study population n=79 | Adenocarcinoma n=46 | Pancreatitis n=33 | Significance (p) | ||||
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Mean±SD | Median (IQR) | Mean±SD | Median (IQR) | Mean±SD | Median (IQR) | ||
Age [y] | 62.0±13.5 | 62.6 (15.1) | 64.1±13.8 | 64.3 (16.6) | 59.0±12.1 | 59.7 (7.6) | 0.029 |
TFV [cm/s] | 1.809±0.973 | 1.720 (1.494) | 1.327±0.753 | 1.415 (1.203) | 2.481±0.844 | 2.487 (0.933) | |
TPI [cm/s]* | 0.013±0.027 | 0.005 (0.011) | 0.004±0.004 | 0.003 (0.005) | 0.025±0.039 | 0.025 (0.017) | |
CDVI [%]* | 0.430±0.790 | 0.203 (0.348) | 0.168±0.176 | 0.127 (0.199) | 0.797±1.113 | 0.472 (0.591) | |
CDVI – vascularity index; IQR – interquartile range; SD -standard deviation; TFV – tissue flow velocity; TPI – tissue perfusion intensity. * Mann-Whitney U test. |