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Table 2 Correlation between liver stiffness measurements and serum fibrosis markers at baseline

From: Evaluation of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients with 2D shear wave elastography with propagation map guidance: a single-centre study

 

LSM (kPa)

LSM (m/s)

rspearman

p value

rspearman

p value

HAI score

0.528*

0.001

0.523*

0.001

Fibrosis stage

0.788**

< 0.001

0.776**

< 0.001

FIB-4 score

0.339*

0.001

0.335*

0.001

ALT (U/L)

0.062

0.491

0.075

0.409

AST (U/L)

0.158

0.079

0.153

0.091

Platelet (109/L)

− 0.069

0.448

− 0.037

0.457

APRI score

0.149

0.099

0.134

0.139

  1. Data are presented as rs (p)
  2. rs means Spearman’s ranks correlation coefficient (*Moderate correlation, **Very strong correlation), LSM Liver stiffness measurement, HAI Hepatitis activity index, FIB-4 Fibrosis 4, ALT Alanine aminotransferase, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, APRI AST-to platelet ratio index
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