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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ultrasound Med Biol. 2018 Aug 22;44(11):2209–2222. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2018.07.003

Table 5.

Results for ARFI and 2D-SWE at different measurement depths

Test result
variable
AUROC Spearman’s ANOVA

Cut-off (m/s) Sensitivity Specificity Area(95%CI) SE Asymptotic Sig. r p p
ARFI 3cm 2.57 0.71 0.69 0.70(0.46–0.95) 0.126 0.143 0.19 0.425 0.003
5cm 1.51 0.71 0.92 0.85(0.67–1.00) 0.090 0.013* 0.54 0.014*
7cm 1.46 0.88 0.92 0.92(0.80–1.00) 0.061 0.002* 0.67 0.001*

2D-SWE 3cm 2.18 0.71 0.69 0.61(0.34–0.89) 0.140 0.428 −0.03 0.894 0.482
5cm 1.68 0.86 0.69 0.76(0.55–0.98) 0.111 0.057 0.31 0.182
7cm 2.28 0.86 0.77 0.82(0.63–1.00) 0.097 0.022* 0.62 0.004*

AUROC is area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for predictive values for significant fibrosis (F≥2 METAVIR)

SE: standard error

Asymptotic Sig: asymptotic significant

ARFI: acoustic radiation force impulse

2D-SWE: two-dimensional shear-wave elastography