Assessing significant fibrosis using imaging-based elastography in chronic hepatitis B patients: Pilot study

Table 2 Statistics of liver stiffness value measured by magnetic resonance elastography and two-dimensional shear wave elastography, fibrosis index based on four factors score, and aspartate transaminase-to-platelet ratio index score with the Spearman’s coefficients according to fibrosis stages

	F0/F1 (n = 19)	F2 (n = 14)	F3 (n = 14)	F4 (n = 16)	r	P value
MRE	1.96 ± 0.43	2.46 ± 0.54	2.91 ± 0.45	3.91 ± 0.50	0.869	< 0.001
2D-SWE	6.09 ± 1.58	8.05 ± 2.23	8.16 ± 2.08	11.39 ± 3.01	0.649	< 0.001
FIB-4	1.75 ± 0.61	1.76 ± 0.60	2.48 ± 0.91	3.21 ± 1.45	0.517	< 0.001
APRI	0.58 ± 0.20	0.71 ± 0.46	0.95 ± 0.44	1.04 ± 0.58	0.431	< 0.001

MRE: Magnetic resonance elastography; 2D-SWE: Two-dimensional shear wave elastography; FIB-4: Fibrosis index based on four factors; APRI: Aspartate transaminase-to-platelet ratio index.