Is transient elastography a useful tool for screening liver disease?

Table 3 Diagnostic performance of TE in the diagnosis of cirrhosis

	Olivieri[14]	Marcellin[13]	Castera[35]	Ziol[15]	Fraquelli[3]	Ganne-Carrié[5]	Corpechot[11]	Foucher[33]	Nguyen[36]	Yoneda[17]
Patients	268	202	183	251	200	775	95	354	103	67
Cirrhotics (%)	24	8	25	19	26	15	16	13	32	7.50
Etiology	HBV	HBV	HCV	HCV	80% HCV	All	PBC/PSC	All	Alcohol	Nafld
Cut-off (KPa)	11.8	11	12.5	14.6	11.9	14.6	17.3	17.6	19.5	17
Sensitivity (%)	86	93	87	86	91	79	93	77	91	93
Specificity (%)	96	87	91	96	89	95	95	97	100	95
AUROC	0.97	0.93	0.95	0.97	0.91	0.95	0.96	0.96	0.92	0.99