Blood markers vs transient elastography for liver stiffness and steatosis in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease

Table 6 Diagnostic performance of the indices for controlled attenuation parameter

Indices	AUC	P value	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	PPV (%)	NPV (%)
FIB-4	0.516	0.769	40.54	72.09	71.43	41.33
APRI	0.566	0.236	50.08	32.56	67.42	50
NPAR	0.467	0.553	16.22	97.67	92.31	40.38
NLR	0.474	0.57	45.34	92.77	91.58	40.38
PLR	0.54	0.388	58.14	54.05	59.52	52.63

FIB-4: Fibrosis index based on four factors; APRI: Aspartate transaminase to platelet ratio index; NLR: Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio; PLR: Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; NPAR: Neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio; AUC: Area under the curve; PPV: Positive predictive value; NPV: Negative predictive value.