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Published in final edited form as: Hepatol Res. 2022 Nov 24;53(3):208–218. doi: 10.1111/hepr.13858

TABLE 2.

Characteristics of clinical variables in those with high- and low-DR values among patients with F0–2

DR <0.094 DR ≥0.094 p-value
n = 8 n = 13
Sex, male 5 (62) 10 (76) 0.63
Age (years) 63 [48–67] 67 [49–71] 0.56
BMI (kg/m2) 24.9 [24.1–27.0] 27.3 [24.1–31.4] 0.56
Albumin (g/dl) 4.7 [4.3–5.0] 4.5 [4.4–4.6] 0.33
Total bilirubin (mg/dl) 0.6 [0.4–0.9] 0.8 [0.7–1.1] 0.21
γ-GTP (U/L) 74 [30–85] 53 [30–70] 0.70
AST (U/L) 50 [35–62] 53 [39–72] 0.32
ALT (U/L) 65 [57–88] 70 [36–147] 0.73
FIB-4 1.64 [1.18–1.77] 1.67 [1.30–2.57] 0.49
Ferritin (ng/ml) 114 [97–175] 354 [187–508] 0.02
Platelets (103/mm3) 217 [187–252] 194 [162–236] 0.49
PT-INR 0.98 [0.93–1.01] 0.98 [0.95–1.04] 0.73
M2BPGi 0.63 [0.48–1.06] 0.77 [0.64–0.82] 0.76
Type IV collagen 7s (ng/ml) 4.8 [4.0–5.5] 5.6 [4.8–6.3] 0.15
PDFF (%) 15.8 [11.8–20.6] 13.1 [7.8–22.0] 0.89
Alcohol (g/day) 0 [0–0] 5 [0–5] 0.08
SS (kPa) 2.15 [2.01–2.97] 2.40 [2.09–2.63] 0.94
Brunt stage 1 [0–2] 1 [1–2] 0.30

Note: Data are expressed as n (%) or median [IQR].

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; DR, damping ratio; FIB-4, Fibrosis-4 index; γ-GTP, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase; PDFF, proton density fat fraction; PT-INR, prothrombin time-international normalized ratio; SS, shear stiffness.