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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 7, 2010; 16(41): 5173-5180
Published online Nov 7, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i41.5173
Published online Nov 7, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i41.5173
Table 2 Failure rate of transient elastography measurement
| Asian study | European study | ||||||
| Kim et al[14] | Chan et al[24] | Masuzaki et al[25] | Wong et al[26] | Ziol et al[2] | Marcellin et al[10] | Maimone et al[27] | |
| Etiology | HBV | HBV | HCV | HBV | HCV | HBV | HBV |
| Total patients (n) | 74 | 1136 | 876 | 487 | 327 | 202 | 230 |
| Excluded patients (n) | 5 | 30 | 10 | 34 | 76 | 29 | 10 |
| Excluded patients due to TE failure (n) | 1 | 30 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 10 |
| TE failure rate (%) | 1.4 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 7 | 6.9 | 4.3 |
| Enrolled patients (n) | 69 | 1106 | 866 | 453 | 251 | 173 | 220 |
| Age (yr) | 38.9 (mean) | 47 (mean) | 66.2 (mean) | 37 (median) | 47.5 (mean) | 40.1 (mean) | 45.2 (mean) |
| Male, n (%) | 35 (50.7) | - | 398 (46.0) | 270 (60.0) | 155 (61.8) | 115 (66.5) | 99 (45.0) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22.6 (mean) | - | 22.5 (mean) | 22.4 (median) | 23.9 (mean) | 24.5 (mean) | - |
| Failure criteria | |||||||
| Success rate | < 60% | < 60% | < 60% | < 60% | < 60% | < 50% | < 60% |
| The number of VMs | < 10 VMs | < 10 VMs | < 8 VMs | < 10 VMs | < 10 VMs | < 7 VMs | < 10 VMs |
- Citation: Kim SU, Han KH, Ahn SH. Transient elastography in chronic hepatitis B: An Asian perspective. World J Gastroenterol 2010; 16(41): 5173-5180
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v16/i41/5173.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v16.i41.5173