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World J Hepatol. Apr 27, 2022; 14(4): 778-790
Published online Apr 27, 2022. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v14.i4.778
Published online Apr 27, 2022. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v14.i4.778
Table 1 Patients’ characteristics
Background | |||
Sex (F:M) | 142:156 | ||
Age | 62.31 | years old | 49.6-71.42 |
BMI | 22.91 | kg/m2 | 20.8-25.52 |
Liver diseases | |||
Alcoholic liver disease | 28 | ||
HBV | 38 | ||
HCV | 40 | ||
Nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases | 56 | ||
Hepatocellular carcinoma | 12 | ||
Other chronic liver dysfunction | 69 | ||
Miscellaneous | 55 | Total | 298 |
Shear wave elastography | |||
2dSWE (supine) | 1.52 (6.93)1 | m/sec (kPa) | 1.43-1.672 |
(6.13-8.37) | |||
2dSWE (left decubitus) | 1.57 (7.39)1 | m/sec (kPa) | 1.46-1.742 |
(6.39-9.08) | |||
Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed rank test, P < 0.0001 | |||
%CVRsup | 9.73 | % | 5.74 |
%CVRsup ≤ Δ2dSWE% | 81 (27.2%) |
Table 2 Summary of shear wave elastography
Shear wave elastography | |||
Group (n) | Supine | ||
Median | Inter quartile range | ||
Normal-to-Hard (37) | 1.35 (5.47) | m/sec (kPa) | 1.30 (5.07)-1.38 (5.71) |
Hard-to-Hard (27) | 1.56 (7.30) | m/sec (kPa) | 1.47 (6.48)-1.64 (8.07) |
Hard-to-Soft (17) | 1.62 (7.87) | m/sec (kPa) | 1.57 (7.39)-1.84 (10.16) |
Left decubitus | |||
Median | Inter quartile range | ||
Normal-to-Hard (37) | 1.53 (7.02) | m/sec (kPa) | 1.46 (6.39)-1.63 (7.97) |
Hard-to-Hard (27) | 1.79 (9.61) | m/sec (kPa) | 1.68 (8.47)-1.99 (11.88) |
Hard-to-Soft (17) | 1.52 (6.93) | m/sec (kPa) | 1.33 (5.31)-1.64 (8.07) |
- Citation: Suda T, Sugimoto A, Kanefuji T, Abe A, Yokoo T, Hoshi T, Abe S, Morita S, Yagi K, Takahashi M, Terai S. Gravity assistance enables liver stiffness measurements to detect liver fibrosis under congestive circumstances. World J Hepatol 2022; 14(4): 778-790
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/full/v14/i4/778.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v14.i4.778