Shear wave elastography results correlate with liver fibrosis histology and liver function reserve

Table 1 Liver biochemistry assays (median ± IQR) by fibrosis grade (n = 14)

Variable	F0 control	F2	F3	F4	P value
	(n = 2)	(n = 3)	(n = 7)	(n = 2)
Albumin (g/Dl)	3.9 ± 1.81	3.1 ± 0.51	2.6 ± 0.91,2	1.8 ± 0.52	0.021
Total protein (g/dL)	6.5 ± 1.1	7.0 ± 1.7	6.1 ± 1.2	6.2 ± 1.8	0.639
AST (IU/L)	28 ± 14	21 ± 12	28 ± 15	60 ± 76	0.711
ALT (IU/L)	44 ± 17	43 ± 22	31 ± 28	58 ± 27	0.669
GGT (IU/L)	5.2 ± 2.1	5 ± 1.3	5.2 ± 2.6	6.3 ± 6.2	0.938
ALP (IU/L)	44 ± 25	49 ± 8	61 ± 19	74 ± 31	0.140
TBil (mg/dL)	0.27 ± 0.08	0.24 ± 0.07	0.25 ± 0.11	0.33 ± 0.21	0.865
UBil (mg/dL)	0.13 ± 0.05	0.13 ± 0.06	0.16 ± 0.10	0.17 ± 0.12	0.825
CBil (mg/dL)	0.15 ± 0.03	0.09 ± 0.05	0.10 ± 0.07	0.16 ± 0.09	0.318

^1,2The two groups with no common letter have a statistically significant difference. ALP: Alkaline phosphatase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Asparate aminotransferase; CBil: Conjugated bilirubin; GGT: Gamma-glutamyl transpeptadase; IQR: Interquartile range; TBil: Total bilirubin; UBil: Unconjugated bilirubin.