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Table 3 Factors affecting liver stiffness value determined by 2D-SWE

From: The usefulness of noninvasive liver stiffness assessment using shear-wave elastography for predicting liver fibrosis in children

Characteristics Univariate Multivariate
Coefficient 95% CI P value Coefficient 95% CI P value
Fibrosis Stage 4.064 2.010 to 6.117 < 0.001 4.356 2.618 to 6.095 < 0.001
Necroinflammatory activity 2.189 0.099 to 4.280 0.041 2.207 0.365 to 4.050 0.021
Steatosis grade 1.316 − 1.496 to 4.129 0.341   
Age (years) -0.209 − 0.600 to 0.182 0.280   
Sex -0.740 − 3.732 to 2.252 0.612   
APRI -0.043 − 0.207 to 0.121 0.593   
AAR 0.235 − 0.990 to 1.460 0.694   
FIB-4 0.959 − 1.268 to 3.187 0.381   
  1. 2D-SWE, two-dimensional shear-wave elastography; CI, confidence interval; APRI, AST to platelet ratio index; AAR, AST to ALT ratio; FIB-4, fibrosis-4 score
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