Comparison of the diagnostic values of circulating steroid hormones, VEGF-A, PIGF, and ADAM12 in women with ectopic pregnancy

Table 3 Correlation between VEGF-A level and hormone concentrations

	E2	P4	T	β-hCG
Endometrial cycle phase
Mid secretive	−0.08 (0.75)	0.05 (0.83)	−0.25 (0.30)	n.d.
Intrauterine pregnancy
Early	−0.67 (0.01)	−0.19 (0.53)	−0.29 (0.34)	0.14 (0.65)
Post-term delivery	0.42 (0.27)	−0.18 (0.64)	−0.42 (0.26)	−0.53 (0.12)
Ectopic pregnancy
Before surgery	0.06 (0.80)	−0.25 (0.29)	0.46 (0.04)	−0.06 (0.85)
After surgery	−0.43 (0.05)	−0.29 (0.20)	−0.34 (0.13)	0.36 (0.13)

The results are shown as the r-value of the Spearman correlation at p < 0.01 andthe 95% confidence interval. The significance (P value) of the correlation is in parentheses and boldface values are statistically significant.
n.d., not determined.

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