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Published in final edited form as: Gut. 2020 Nov 19;70(10):1946–1953. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-322976

Table 2.

Univariate assessment of continuous predictors in detecting ≥ stage 2 fibrosis in UCSD-NAFLD Cohort

Variable: AUROC (95% CI) OR[39] (95% CI)
MRE 0.93 (0.90-0.97) 13.60 (6.71-27.56)
FIB - 4 0.78 (0.71-0.85) 4.36 (2.72-7.00)
AST 0.75 (0.68-0.83) 1.03 (1.02-1.05)
Age 0.66 (0.58-0.73) 1.05 (1.02-1.07)
Platelet count 0.64 (0.55-0.72) 0.99 (0.99-1.00)
ALT 0.60 (0.52-0.68) 1.01 (1.00-1.01)

Abbreviations: ALT, alanine transaminase; AST, aspartate transaminase; AUROC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; FIB-4, fibrosis-4 score; MRE, magnetic resonance elastography; NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; UCSD, University of California at San Diego

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