Table 3.
Average iodine concentrations of healthy and fatty liver and calculated potential thresholds for diagnosis of hepatic steatosis
| Threshold levels for diagnosis of hepatic steatosis | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average values | Thresholds | ||||||||||
| Hepatic steatosis | Healthy liver | 10% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 50% | 60% | 70% | 80% | 90% | |
| Iabs | 1.383 | 2.103 | 1.455 | 1.527 | 1.599 | 1.671 | 1.743 | 1.815 | 1.887 | 1.959 | 2.031 |
| Ipv-n | 1.292 | 2.030 | 1.366 | 1.440 | 1.514 | 1.587 | 1.661 | 1.735 | 1.808 | 1.882 | 1.956 |
| Ia-n | 1.356 | 2.006 | 1.421 | 1.486 | 1.551 | 1.616 | 1.681 | 1.746 | 1.811 | 1.876 | 1.941 |
| Imixed-n | 1.300 | 2.017 | 1.372 | 1.443 | 1.515 | 1.587 | 1.658 | 1.730 | 1.802 | 1.874 | 1.945 |
Iabs absolute iodine concentration, Ipv-n portal vein normalized iodine concentration, Ia-n aorta normalized iodine concentration, Imixed-n mixed blood normalized iodine concentration