Table 1. Baseline Characteristics of Studies and Patients Included in the Meta-analysis.

Study, Reference, Year	Country	Technique	Total patients	Mean age	Mean BMI	Gender %male	Cirrhosis (%)	Child score, A/B/C%	Etiology (%viral)
Al-Dahshan et al [24], 2012	Egypt	TE	60	52.6	NR	78.3	100	NR	100
Alsebaey et al (Ab) [25], 2015	Egypt	TE	165	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	100
Attia et al [26], 2015	Germany	ARFI	78	54	NR	79.5	86	27/59/14	15
Bota et al [34], 2012	Romania	ARFI	145	59.1	26.7	60	100	46/43/11	50.3
Calvaruso et al [27], 2013	Italy	TE	112	63.2	27	69.8	100	100/0/0	100
Calvaruso et al (Ab) [18], 2010	Italy	TE	159	63	NR	71.7	100	NR	100
Colecchia et al [8], 2012	Italy	TE	113	54	25	71	100	68/32/0	100
Elkrief et al [35], 2015	France	SWE	79	55	26	78.5	100	30/25/44	45
Fraquelli et al [14], 2014	Italy	TE	132	52	23	59.1	23	NR	100
Grgurevic et al [28], 2015	Croatia	SWE	87	62.6	NR	78.2	100	51/29/20	25.3
Liu et al [29], 2013	China	TE	101	50.9	NR	64.9	100	76/19/5	57.5
Sharma et al [30], 2013	India	TE	200	49.3	24.6	88.5	100	32/57/11	29.9
Shin et al [31], 2014	South Korea	MRE	139	57.3	NR	73.4	100	NR	80.6
Stefanescu et al [32], 2011	Romania	TE	137	56	26.4	56.2	100	65/28/7	NR
Stefanescu et al [36], 2014	Romania	TE	90	55.7	26.7	55.6	100	62/36/1	20
Takuma et al [33], 2011	Japan	VTTQ	95	68.7	NR	48.4	100	NR	76.8

ARFI, acoustic radiation force impulse; BMI, body mass index; MRE, magnetic resonance elastography; NR, not reported; SWE, shear wave ultrasound elastography; TE, transient elastography; VTTQ, virtual touch tissue quantification.