Surveillance Program for Diagnosis of HCC in Liver Cirrhosis: Role of Ultrasound Echo Patterns

Table 3

Echo patterns at enrolment and duration of follow-up.

		% (IC 95%)	Follow-up in month
H	8	2.3 (1.14–4.3)
BL	44	12.2 (IC 95% 9.2–16.0)
C	248	69.1 (IC 95% 64.1–73.6)
CSNP	32	8.9%; (IC 95% 6.4–12.3)
CLNP	27	7.5 (IC 95% 5.2–10.7)

( = 0.9; = ns).
H, homogeneous; BL, bright liver; C, coarse pattern; CSNP, coarse small nodular pattern; CLNP, coarse large nodular pattern.