Shear wave velocity is a useful marker for managing nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Table 1 Case summary

No.	Diagnosis	Age (yr)	Gender	BMI (kg/m2)	Stage1	Grade1	SWV (m/s)	ALB (g/dL)	AST (IU/L)	ALT (IU/L)	TG (mmol/L)	Plt (× 104/mm3)	PT (%)	HA (ng/mL)	BAAT	NFS
1	Chr. cholecystitis	73	F	20.8			1.08	4.4	22	21	1.31	17.9			1	-1.2
2	Chr. pancreatitis	77	M	16.9			1.23	4.4	22	10	0.43	18.3			1	-0.3
3	Gall bladder polyp	80	M	17.1			1.36	4.0	21	20	0.72	19.7			1	-1.3
4	NASH	14	M	22.2	1	1	1.69	4.9	102	255	1.74	19.1	100	11	2	-4.4
5	NASH	18	M	35.1	2	3	1.73	4.9	46	84	1.83	24.0	104	13	3	-3.5
6	NASH	61	F	27.7	2	2	2.97	4.3	61	70	0.93	20.6	104	161	2	-1.5
7	NASH	41	F	40.8	2	3	1.05	4.6	83	156	1.43	24.9	100	11	2	-2.1
8	NASH	15	M	27.9	2	2	1.14	5.4	95	185	0.93	27.2	116	10	1	-4.0
9	NASH	39	F	20.8	2	3	2.06	3.3	72	28	4.17	17.1	75	29	1	-0.1
10	NASH	53	M	26.6	3	2	2.55	4.3	91	129	2.27	25.3	108	102	3	-1.5
11	NASH	51	F	26.6	3	3	1.57	4.3	49	75	1.78	31.4	126	60	3	-2.4
12	NASH	56	F	30.5	3	2	1.63	4.2	53	65	0.89	9.1	82	34	3	0.1
13	NASH	43	M	31.6	3	1	2.24	4.4	36	33	1.26	7.8	87	92	1	1.2
14	NASH	20	M	22.2	3	3	2.03	4.7	156	243	2.57	17.7	74	17	2	-3.6
15	NASH	46	M	31.1	3	2	3.80	4.6	28	26	2.46	20.6	100	412	2	-0.6
16	NASH	66	F	24.1	3	3	2.17	3.9	128	68	1.22	19.8	97	231	2	-0.3
17	NASH	11	M	21.8	3	3	1.60	4.7	39	68	0.86	27.1	95	14	0	-5.3
18	NASH	75	F	34.0	4	1	4.01	3.7	43	40	1.39	11.7	86	NT	2	2.5
19	NASH	82	M	23.9	4	2	3.35	3.7	67	48	0.83	12.3	72	259	1	2.1
20	NASH	70	F	22.1	4	2	1.95	4.7	44	33	1.60	18.4	79	92	1	-0.1
21	NASH	71	F	32.0	4	2	3.48	2.9	33	21	0.78	11.2	62	NT	2	3.3
22	NASH	71	M	27.0	4	2	1.73	2.9	36	22	0.73	6.4	59	NT	1	2.4
23	NASH	74	F	31.1	4
24	NASH	75	F	24.1	4
25	NASH	73	F	30.2	3
26	NASH	17	M	37.8	3

¹Fibrosis stage and inflammation grade in liver biopsy specimen based on Brunt criterion. NASH: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; BMI: Body mass index; SWV: Shear wave velocity; ALB: Albumin; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; TG: Triclyceride; Plt: Platelet count; PT: Prothrombin time; HA: Hyaluronic acid; NT: Not tested; BAAT: BMI, age, ALT and TG score; NFS: NAFLD (nonalcohlic fatty liver diseases) fibrosis score.