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. 2021 Jan 29;22(6):959–969. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2020.0885

Table 5. Comparisons of The Diagnostic Accuracy of 2D SWE Value, Age, Total Bilirubin, AST, GGT, APRi and Other Non-Invasive Fibrosis Markers in Predicting Histological Fibrosis Stages.

AUROCs for ≥ F2 P AUROCs for ≥ F3 P AUROCs for F4 P
n = 216 n = 216 n = 216
2D SWE (kPa) 0.868 (0.815, 0.910) 0.941 (0.901, 0.968) 0.884 (0.799, 0.917)
GGT (U/L) 0.645 (0.577, 0.709) < 0.001 0.701 (0.636, 0.762) < 0.001 0.603 (0.534, 0.669) < 0.001
Age (days) 0.658 (0.590, 0.721) < 0.001 0.659 (0.592, 0.723) < 0.001 0.738 (0.673, 0.795) 0.005
AST (U/L) 0.637 (0.569, 0.702) < 0.001 0.546 (0.476, 0.614) < 0.001 0.602 (0.533, 0.668) < 0.001
Total bilirubin (g/L) 0.629 (0.561, 0.694) < 0.001 0.633 (0.565, 0.698) < 0.001 0.507 (0.438, 0.575) < 0.001
APRi 0.624 (0.555, 0.689) < 0.001 0.540 (0.460, 0.598) < 0.001 0.569 (0.500, 0.636) < 0.001
n = 163 n = 163 n = 163
2D SWE (kPa) 0.840 (0.774, 0.893) 0.937 (0.888, 0.969) 0.881 (0.822, 0.927)
Fibronectin (mg/L) 0.576 (0.496, 0.653) < 0.001 0.670 (0.592, 0.741) < 0.001 0.673 (0.596, 0.745) 0.005
Hyaluronic acid (ng/mL) 0.593 (0.513, 0.669) < 0.001 0.655 (0.577, 0.728) < 0.001 0.655 (0.577, 0.728) 0.002
Type IV collagen (ng/mL) 0.625 (0.546, 0.700) < 0.001 0.614 (0.535, 0.689) < 0.001 0.607 (0.528, 0.683) < 0.001

All the p was compared with 2D SWE. APRi = aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index, AST = aspartate aminotransferase, AUROCs = area under receiver operating characteristic curves, GGT = γ-glutamyltransferase, SWE = shear wave elastography, 2D = two-dimensional