Diagnostic Usefulness of Real-Time Elastography for Liver Fibrosis in Chronic Viral Hepatitis B and C
Figure 1
(a) Liver fibrosis index for each fibrosis stage. The increase of liver fibrosis index (LFI) with increasing fibrosis is shown and there is an evident separation between F0, F1, F3, and F4 groups. The lines through the middle of the boxes represent the means. The top and bottom of each box represents the 1st and 3rd quartiles. The length of the box represents the interquartile range within which 50% of the values were located (*, **, comparing between each fibrosis stage). (b) FIB-4 index for each fibrosis stage. There were significant differences in F0 and F1 with F4 (*, comparing between each fibrosis stage). (c) Aspartate aminotransferase/platelet ratio index (APRI) for each fibrosis stage (*, comparing between each fibrosis stage).
