The usefulness of noninvasive liver stiffness assessment using shear-wave elastography for predicting liver fibrosis in children

Table 3 Factors affecting liver stiffness value determined by 2D-SWE

Characteristics	Univariate			Multivariate
Characteristics	Coefficient	95% CI	P value	Coefficient	95% CI	P value
Fibrosis Stage	4.064	2.010 to 6.117	< 0.001	4.356	2.618 to 6.095	< 0.001
Necroinflammatory activity	2.189	0.099 to 4.280	0.041	2.207	0.365 to 4.050	0.021
Steatosis grade	1.316	− 1.496 to 4.129	0.341	–
Age (years)	-0.209	− 0.600 to 0.182	0.280	–
Sex	-0.740	− 3.732 to 2.252	0.612	–
APRI	-0.043	− 0.207 to 0.121	0.593	–
AAR	0.235	− 0.990 to 1.460	0.694	–
FIB-4	0.959	− 1.268 to 3.187	0.381	–

2D-SWE, two-dimensional shear-wave elastography; CI, confidence interval; APRI, AST to platelet ratio index; AAR, AST to ALT ratio; FIB-4, fibrosis-4 score

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