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. 2017 Mar 7;23(1):34–41. doi: 10.3350/cmh.2016.0059

Table 2.

Summary accuracy of TE detection of PH, clinically significant PH, and severe PH

TE detection Studies, N Etiology TE cut-off Se Sp PPV NPV AUROC
Portal hypertension 2 Total ≥8.0-8.74 0.88 (0.86-0.90) 0.74 (0.67-0.81) 0.83 (0.81-0.84) 0.88 (0.85-0.90) 0.86 (0.79-0.92)
1 Alcoholic ≥10 0.85 0.79 0.86 0.75 0.74 (0.70-0.76)
Significant portal hypertension 8 Total ≥13.6-21.0 0.87 (0.63-0.97) 0.71 (0.50-0.93) 0.84 (0.56-0.97) 0.76 (0.35-0.92) 0.88 (0.76-0.99)
3 Alcoholic ≥19.0-34.9 0.90 (0.89-0.90) 0.81 (0.73-0.88) 0.94 (0.89-0.98) 0.74 (0.64-0.84) 0.88 (0.80-0.94)
Severe portal hypertension 5 Total ≥17.6-23.0 0.76 (0.53-0.94) 0.82 (0.67-0.92) 0.85 (0.79-0.95) 0.76 (0.58-0.91) 0.85 (0.79-0.92)
1 Alcoholic ≥23.0 0.91 0.77 0.87 0.80 0.79 (0.73-0.86)

TE, transient elastography; PH, portal hypertension; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; AUROC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve.