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. 2021 May 3;20:45. doi: 10.1186/s12938-021-00879-3

Table 2.

Mean viscoelasticity parameters of all rat livers measured by SWE and DMA methods

Degree of liver n SWE DMA
Steatosis Elasticity (kPa) Viscosity (Pa*s) Elasticity (kPa) Viscosity (Pa*s)
S0 17 0.86 ± 0.27(*) 0.77 ± 0.15(**) 1.12 ± 0.21 5.40 ± 0.78
S1 14 0.93 ± 0.23(**) 0.76 ± 0.20(**) 1.25 ± 0.26 5.77 ± 0.71
S2 19 1.05 ± 0.29(**) 0.79 ± 0.14(**) 1.39 ± 0.31 6.27 ± 0.96
S3 12 1.01 ± 0.20(**) 0.75 ± 0.10(**) 1.29 ± 0.18 5.97 ± 0.68
S4 7 0.90 ± 0.24(**) 0.92 ± 0.18(**) 1.31 ± 0.14 6.20 ± 0.54

n represents the number of rats. In SWE, 10 points in each rat liver were measured in vivo, and 3 liver samples were extracted in random from each rat in DMA, values are the mean ± standard deviation. () represents the p value for each of μ andη, between the two types of measurements in each degree of steatosis. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.