The severity of portal hypertension by a non-invasive assessment: acoustic structure quantification analysis of liver parenchyma

Table 3 Predictive performance of C_m²_max for the assessment of PHT severity

	AUC^a	Std. Error	P-value	95% CI^b	Cut-off	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	YI
Presence of PHT	0.9639	0.0217	< 0.0001	0.9213 to 1.006	140.3	91.67	93.33	0.85
Varices	0.9736	0.0197	< 0.0001	0.9350 to 1.012	140.3	97.67	93.33	0.91
Large area of varices	0.9752	0.0188	< 0.0001	0.9383 to 1.012	142.4	94.29	96.67	0.91
^cChild-Pugh grade ≥ B	0.9605	0.0240	< 0.0001	0.9134 to 1.008	140.3	90.70	93.33	0.84
Child–Pugh grade = C	0.9429	0.0427	0.0003	0.8591 to 1.027	144.0	96.67	85.71	0.82

^aAUC, area under ROC curve
^bCI, confidence interval
^cChild-Pugh class ≥ B means that liver function according to the Child–Pugh score was equal to or worse than the Child–Pugh B

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