Research Article
Assessment of Liver Fibrosis with the Use of Elastography in Paediatric Patients with Diagnosed Cystic Fibrosis
Table 4
Parameters of liver function and fibrosis in the examined patients with CF.
| Parameters | Total examined group
| Patients with CFLD
| Patients without CFLD
| Range of activity | Mean activity | Number of patients with abnormality | Range of activity | Mean activity | Number of patients with abnormality | Range of activity | Mean activity | Number of patients with abnormality |
| APRI | 0.1-2.1 | 0.28 | 7/41 (17.1%) | 0.1-2.1 | 0.37 | 7/16 (43.75%) | 0.1-0.3 | 0.14 | 0/25 (0%) | | Fibrotest | 0.04-0.30 | 0.14 | 10/41 (24.4%) | 0.04-0.30 | 0.145 | 8/16 | 0.04-0.29 | 0.1 | 2/25 (8%) | | Elastography (kPa) | 2.8-35.6 | 5.42 | 19/41 (46.3%) | 3.2-35.6 | 7.73 | 12/16 (75%) | 2.8-4.3 | 3.62 | 7/25 (28%) | |
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