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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 21, 2016; 22(35): 7857-7867
Published online Sep 21, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i35.7857
Published online Sep 21, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i35.7857
Table 1 Diagnostic performance of liver stiffness and spleen stiffness for liver fibrosis and esophageal varices[20]
| F≥2 (66%) | F = 4 (23%) | EV (10%) | ||||
| L-TE | S-TE | L-TE | S-TE | L-TE | S-TE | |
| Cut-off (kPa) | 8 | 36 | 12 | 46 | 19 | 65 |
| Sensitivity | 83 (54-76) | 76 (61-81) | 92 (80-100) | 89 (72-99) | 73 (59-93) | 91 (81-100) |
| Specificity | 65 (76-98) | 80 (65-93) | 80 (72-89) | 78 (82-96) | 47 (34-68) | 80 (65-94) |
| LR+ | 2.4 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 4.5 |
| LR- | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.09 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| AUROC | 0.85 (0.78-0.92) | 0.80 (0.65-0.85) | 0.93 (0.88-0.96) | 0.84 (0.76-0.93) | 0.62 (0.41-0.89) | 0.90 (0.79-100) |
- Citation: Giunta M, Conte D, Fraquelli M. Role of spleen elastography in patients with chronic liver diseases. World J Gastroenterol 2016; 22(35): 7857-7867
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v22/i35/7857.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v22.i35.7857