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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 6.

Results for ARFI and 2D-SWE with different pre-load forces

AUROC Spearman’s ANOVA

Test result variable Cut-off(m/s) Sensitivity Specificity Area(95%CI) SE Asymptotic Sig. r p p
ARFI variable 1.50 0.71 0.92 0.85(0.67–1.00) 0.090 0.013* 0.54 0.014* 0.131
4N 1.51 0.88 0.54 0.70(0.47–0.93) 0.117 0.143 0.19 0.425
7N 1.39 0.71 0.69 0.71(0.48–0.95) 0.121 0.122 0.24 0.309
10N 1.475 0.71 0.85 0.78(0.53–1.00) 0.123 0.048* 0.46 0.043*

2D-SWE variable 1.68 0.86 0.69 0.76(0.55–0.98) 0.111 0.057 0.31 0.182 0.922
4N 1.95 0.71 0.69 0.71(0.45–0.97) 0.132 0.132 0.26 0.266
7N 1.63 0.84 0.69 0.76(0.53–0.98) 0.115 0.063 0.38 0.099*
10N 1.85 0.71 0.69 0.74(0.50–0.97) 0.120 0.088 0.36 0.121

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