Table 1 Characteristics of studies assessing the performance of SWE for staging of liver fibrosis
From: Accuracy of real-time shear wave elastography in staging hepatic fibrosis: a meta-analysis
Studies included | Year | Country | Averaged age (range) | Sample size | Etiology | Liver fibrosis stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ferraioli et al. [23] | 2012 | Italy | 44.8 (19–76) | 121 | Chronic hepatitis C | F2, F3, F4 |
Jeong et al. [10] | 2014 | Korea | 45.9 (12.0–82.0) | 70 | Chronic liver disease | F2, F3, F4 |
Samir et al. [9] | 2015 | US | 47.0 (18–74) | 136 | Chronic liver disease | F2, F3, F4 |
Tutar et al. [24] | 2014 | Turkey | 7.7 (0.3–17) | 76 | Chronic liver disease | F2 |
Tada et al. [25] | 2015 | Japan | 61.0 | 55 | Chronic hepatitis C | F2 |
Leung et al. [26] | 2013 | Korea | 48.8 | 226 | Chronic hepatitis B | F1, F2, F3, F4 |
Sporea et al. [27] | 2014 | Romania | 52. 0 (18–82) | 250 | Chronic liver disease | F1, F2, F3, F4 |
Guibal et al. [28] | 2015 | France | 54. 3 | 148 | Chronic liver disease | F2, F3, F4 |
Zheng et al. [29] | 2015 | China | 37. 7 (18–67) | 167 | Chronic liver disease | F2, F4 |
Yegin et al. [30] | 2015 | Turkey | 45.3 (17–75) | 105 | Chronic liver disease | F1, F2, F3, F4 |
Zeng et al. [31] | 2014 | China | 36.3 (20–59) | 206 | Chronic hepatitis C | F2, F3, F4 |