Hepatic and Splenic Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Shear Wave Velocity Elastography in Children with Liver Disease Associated with Cystic Fibrosis

Table 3

Patient characteristics.

	Patients without CFLD	Patients with CFLD	All patients with CF
	49	23	72
Sex: H–M	28–21	17–6	45–27
Age: mean (SD) (95% CI)	9,99 (5,3); 0,9–18	10,56 (4,41); 0,9–18	10,18 (5,02); 0,9–18
BMI: mean (SD); 95% CI	17,67 (2,92); 9,5–23	17,3 (3,2); 12,8–26,5	17,56 (2,99); 9,5–26,5
Patients with pancreatic insufficiency	34	20	54
Patients with history of neonatal meconium ileus	5	5	10
Pulmonary function: FEV1: mean (SD)	87,85 (15,21)	91,04 (16,17)	88,96 (15,5)
Williams ultrasound score
(i) Points <3	39	12	51
(ii) Points between 4 and 8	10	11	21