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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hepatology. 2019 Aug 19;71(2):411–421. doi: 10.1002/hep.30825

Table 2.

Measures of liver fibrosis by analysis sample.

APRI/FIB-4 Sample
n=106
VCTE Sample
n=63
FIB-4 n=61
Median (25th, 75th) 1.35 (0.99, 1.89) 1.38 (0.99, 1.87)
Min, Max 0.44, 5.96 0.44, 5.96
APRI n=61
Median (25th, 75th) 0.34 (0.26, 0.56) 0.33 (0.26, 0.56)
Min, Max 0.10, 3.98 0.10, 3.98
VCTE (kPa) n=61
Median (25th, 75th) 4.9 (3.8, 6.6) 4.9 (3.8, 6.8)
Min, Max 2.7, 29.7 2.7, 29.7
Histological Activity Index
Median (25th, 75th) 3 (2, 4) 3 (2, 4)
Min, Max 0, 14 0, 14
Fibrosis Ishak score
0 28 (26.4%) 18 (28.6%)
1 39 (36.8%) 26 (41.3%)
2 15 (14.2%) 6 (9.5%)
3 16 (15.1%) 8 (12.7%)
4 4 (3.8%) 2 (3.2%)
5 1 (0.9%) 1 (1.6%)
6 3 (2.8%) 2 (3.2%)
Advanced Fibrosis (F ≥ 3) 24 (22.6%) 13 (20.6%)

Abbreviations: APRI, aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index; Fibrosis Ishak score, F; FIB-4, fibrosis index based on four factors; VCTE, vibration controlled transient elastography; kPa, kiloPascals