Real time shear wave elastography in chronic liver diseases: Accuracy for predicting liver fibrosis, in comparison with serum markers

Table 3 Correlation between noninvasive serum markersand histologic fibrosis in chronic liver disease (n =70)

Fibrosis stage	r	P value
Age	0.344	0.004
Hemoglobin	-0.281	0.018
Platelet	-0.514	< 0.001
Albumin	-0.505	< 0.001
AST	0.215	0.074
ALT	-0.087	0.475
Total bilirubin	0.302	0.011
GGT	0.236	0.049
Prothrombin time (INR)	0.479	< 0.001
APRI	0.390	0.001
Hyaluronic acid1	0.708	< 0.001
Type IV collagen1	0.691	< 0.001
Liver stiffness by SWE	0.774	< 0.001

¹n = 61. AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; GGT: Gamma glutamyltranspeptidase; INR: International normalized ratio; APRI: Aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index; SWE: Shear wave elastography.