Table 6. The Correlation between 2D SWE Value and the Clinical Characteristics.

Parameter	Spearsman Correlation Test		Mutiple Regression Analysis
	r	P	β	P
Sex*		0.983
Age (days)	0.366	< 0.001	0.285	< 0.001
Liver fibrosis stage	0.786	< 0.001	0.509	< 0.001
PT-INR	0.093	0.185
Platelet count (x 109)	-0.120	0.079
Bile acid (μmol/L)	0.150	0.034	0.042	0.413
Total bilirubin (μmol/L)	0.323	< 0.001	0.008	0.887
Direct bilirubin (μmol/L)	0.266	< 0.001
Indirect bilirubin (μmol/L)	0.244	< 0.001
Albumin (g/L)	-0.076	0.276
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)	0.109	0.109
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)	0.239	< 0.001	0.165	0.005
Ƴ-glutamyltransferase (U/L)	0.358	< 0.001	0.118	0.022

^*The effect of gender on 2D SWE values was assessed with the Mann-Whitney U test. PT-INR = prothrombin time-international normalized ratio, SWE = shear wave elastography, 2D = two-dimensional