Hepatic and Splenic Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Shear Wave Velocity Elastography in Children with Liver Disease Associated with Cystic Fibrosis
Table 4
Comparison between healthy patients and patients with CF with or without CFLD. ANOVA test and post hoc (Bonferroni) for SWV in right hepatic lobe (RHL), left hepatic lobe (LHL), and spleen. Student’s -test for the main variables, BMI and FEV1.
Group I
Group II
Group III
Post hoc comparison
Healthy children
Patients with CF without liver disease
Patients with CFLD
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)
RHL
1.19 (0.13)
1.18 (0.18)
1.31 (0.16)
6.023
0.003
Group I–group III
Group II-group III
LHL
1.27 (0.19)
1.27 (0.24)
1.34 (0.30)
0.930
0.397
Spleen
2.16 (0.35)
2.51 (0.30)
2.51 (0.31)
18.154
<0.0001
Group I-group II
Group I–group III
FEV1
87.85 (15.21)
91.05 (16.17)
−0.777
0.440
BMI
17.67 (2.92)
17.30 (3.19)
0.48
0.633
GOT
33.94 (13.03)
64.17 (114.47)
−1.82
0.073
GPT
27.5 (14.08)
54.13 (101.43)
−1.79
0.077
GGT
15.5 (14.56)
79.79 (272.87)
−1.64
0.106
AP
187.89 (61.79)
189.65 (73.82)
−0.105
0.917
TB
0.63 (0.54)
0.31 (0.16)
1.229
0.223
Glu
93.79 (10.37)
95.26 (16.75)
−0.454
0.651
Albu
4.03 (0.30)
3.97 (0.27)
0.943
0.349
Colin
9370.23 (2051.30)
8493.68 (1398.98)
1.693
0.096
RHL = right hepatic lobe; LHL = left hepatic lobe; FEV1 = pulmonary function; BMI = body mass index; GOT = aspartate-aminotransferase; GPT = alanine-aminotransferase; GGT = γ-glutamyl-transpeptidase; AP = alkaline phosphatase; TB = total bilirubin; Glu = glucose; Albu = albumin; Colin = cholinesterase.
