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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Jul;197(1):64–70. doi: 10.2214/AJR.10.5989

TABLE 1. Pre- and Postprandial Liver Stiffness Assessment with MR Elastography.

Fibrosis Stage No. of Subjects Mean Preprandial Liver Stiffness (kPa) Mean Postprandial Liver Stiffness (kPa) Stiffness Augmentation (kPa) Stiffness Augmentation (%)

Normal 20 2.16 ± 0.24 2.32 ± 0.23 0.16 ± 0.20 8.08 ± 10.33
F0 5 2.64 ± 0.51 3.13 ± 0.50 0.49 ± 0.32 19.66 ± 16.55
F1 4 2.61 ± 0.60 3.09 ± 0.65 0.48 ± 0.15 19.01 ± 7.39
F2 3 2.94 ± 0.52 3.26 ± 0.51 0.32 ± 0.02 11.24 ± 2.17
F3 4 3.78 ± 1.01 4.45 ± 0.98 0.67 ± 0.11 19.25 ± 8.67
F4 8 5.71 ± 1.22 7.38 ± 2.43 1.67 ± 1.37 27.55 ± 19.51

Note—Data are values ± SD.