Research Article

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

Table 3

Correlation of liver elasticity values with histopathology findings in rabbit models without fibrosis.

Univariate analysisMultivariate analysis
value95% CI value

Steatosis grade0.857≤0.0010.9260.254-1.5980.009
Ballooning grade0.708≤0.0011.1860.358-2.0130.007
Inflammation grade0.833≤0.0011.0890.426-1.7510.003

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