Table 2.
Data summary of the first issued guidelines evaluated by grade and the current guidelines evaluated by grade.
| First Issued Guideline Evaluation By Grade | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guideline | Year | Number of Recommendations |
Grade I Number |
Grade II Number |
Grade III Number |
| AIH | 2002 | 23 | 4 (17%) | 6 (26%) | 13 (56%) |
| ALF | 2005 | 44 | 7 (16%) | 7 (16%) | 30 (68%) |
| Ascites | 1998 | 22 | 8 (36%) | 6 (27%) | 8 (36%) |
| HBV | 2001 | 27 | 6 (22%) | 13 (48%) | 8 (30%) |
| HCC | 2005 | 21 | 4 (19%) | 12 (57%) | 5 (24%) |
| HCV | 2004 | 49 | 9 (18%) | 15 (31%) | 25 (51%) |
| Hemochromatosis | 2001 | 12 | 0 (0%) | 12 (100%) | 0 (0%) |
| PBC | 2000 | 22 | 2 (9%) | 1 (4%) | 19 (86%) |
| TIPS | 2005 | 26 | 2 (7%) | 18 (69%) | 6 (23%) |
| Transplantation | 2000 | 25 | 0 (0%) | 1 (4%) | 24 (96%) |
| Wilson Disease | 2003 | 21 | 0 (0%) | 8 (38%) | 13 (62%) |
| Vascular | 2009 | 64 | 2 (3%) | 30 (47%) | 32 (50%) |
| Varices | 2007 | 25 | 10 (40%) | 6 (24%) | 9 (36%) |
| PSC | 2010 | 36 | 6 (17%) | 22 (61%) | 8 (22%) |
| Biopsy | 2009 | 34 | 0 (0%) | 7 (20%) | 27 (80%) |
| Alcoholic Liver | 2010 | 16 | 6 (37%) | 6 (37%) | 4 (25%) |
| NAFLD | 2012 | 45 | 6 (13%) | 34 (76%) | 5 (11%) |
| Summary | 512 | 72 (14%) | 204 (40%) | 236 (46%) | |
| % median | 15.9% | 37.5% | 36.4% | ||
| % quartile 1 | 3.13% | 24.00% | 23.81% | ||
| % quartile 3 | 19.05% | 57.14% | 61.90% | ||
| Current Guideline Evaluation By Grade | |||||
| Guideline | Year |
Number of Recommedations |
Grade I Number |
Grade II Number |
Grade III Number |
| AIH | 2010 | 50 | 5 (10%) | 6 (12%) | 39 (78%) |
| Alcoholic Liver | 2010 | 16 | 6 (37%) | 6 (37%) | 4 (25%) |
| ALF | 2011 | 48 | 7 (15%) | 7 (15%) | 34 (71%) |
| Ascites | 2009 | 30 | 6 (20%) | 13 (43%) | 11 (37%) |
| Biopsy | 2009 | 34 | 0 (0%) | 7 (21%) | 27 (79%) |
| HBV | 2009 | 98 | 29 (30%) | 38 (39%) | 31 (32%) |
| HCC | 2010 | 22 | 5 (23%) | 11 (50%) | 6 (27%) |
| HCV | 2009 | 70 | 15 (21%) | 31 (44%) | 24 (34%) |
| Hemochromatosis | 2011 | 17 | 4 (23%) | 10 (59%) | 3 (18%) |
| PBC | 2009 | 15 | 5 (33%) | 5 (33%) | 5 (33%) |
| PSC | 2010 | 36 | 6 (17%) | 22 (61%) | 8 (22%) |
| TIPS | 2009 | 28 | 5 (18%) | 17 (61%) | 6 (21%) |
| Transplantation | 2005 | 78 | 0 (0%) | 46 (59%) | 32 (41%) |
| Varices | 2007 | 25 | 10 (40%) | 6 (24%) | 9 (36%) |
| Vascular | 2009 | 64 | 2 (3%) | 30 (47%) | 32 (50%) |
| Wilson Disease | 2008 | 23 | 1 (4%) | 16 (70%) | 6 (26%) |
| NAFLD | 2012 | 45 | 6 (13%) | 34 (76%) | 6 (13%) |
| Summary | 699 | 112 (16%) | 305 (44%) | 283 (40%) | |
| % median | 17.9% | 44.3% | 33.3% | ||
| % quartile 1 | 8.59% | 33.33% | 25.00% | ||
| % quartile 3 | 23.53% | 58.97% | 41.03% | ||