Table 5.

Correlations between TE, p-SWE, fibrosis grade, histopathological features, and laboratory markers

Exam	TE	Fibrosis	NAS	Steatosis	Inflam.	Ballooning	BMI	Chol.	TG	AST	ALT
TE	-	0.582a)	0.210	0.176	0.108	0.177	0.216	-0.275	-0.009	0.232	-0.082
P-value	-	<0.001a)	0.161	0.242	0.473	0.239	0.150	0.010	0.959	0.168	0.161
SWE-10	0.461a)	0.528a)	0.179	0.063	0.290	0.119	-0.084	-0.214	0.084	0.137	0.179
P-value	0.001a)	<0.001a)	0.235	0.680	0.050	0.436	0.956	0.203	0.620	0.420	0.235
SWE-5	0.466a)	0.567a)	0.286	0.158	0.286	0.246	0.046	-0.295	0.145	-0.017	0.158
P-value	0.001a)	<0.001a)	0.054	0.294	0.054	0.099	0.769	0.077	0.402	0.922	0.294
SWE-3	0.403a)	0.404a)	0.126	0.075	0.079	0.157	0.015	-0.182	-0.083	-0.002	0.075
P-value	0.006a)	0.005a)	0.403	0.622	0.600	0.298	0.924	0.282	0.627	0.993	0.622

Numbers represent the Spearman rank correlation coefficient (rho).

TE, transient elastography; p-SWE, point shear-wave elastography; NAS, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease activity score; Inflam, inflammation; BMI, body mass index; Chol., cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; AST, aspartate transaminase; ALT, alanine transaminase; SWE-10, p-SWE with 10 measurements; SWE-5, p-SWE with five measurements; SWE-3, p-SWE with three measurements.

^a)Statistically significant values (P<0.01 due to multiple comparisons).