Research Article

Can Nonfibrotic Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Be Effectively Identified by Supersonic Shear Imaging?

Table 2

Correlation of liver elasticity values with histopathology findings in all rabbit models.

Univariate analysisMultivariate analysis
value95% CI value

Steatosis grade0.695≤0.0010.527-0.194-1.2490.146
Ballooning grade0.806≤0.0010.784-0.151-1.7180.097
Inflammation grade0.870≤0.0011.2480.519-1.9770.001
Fibrosis stage0.739≤0.0012.8922.167-3.617≤0.001

: Spearman’s correlation coefficient; : regression coefficient. Significant value is <0.05.