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Does Supersonic Shear Wave Elastography Help Differentiate Biliary Atresia from Other Causes of Cholestatic Hepatitis in Infants Less than 90 Days Old? Compared with Grey-Scale US

Table 4

Spearman correlation between Young’s modulus values( kPa) and age, TBIL, DBIL, IBIL, and γ-GT level in the BA group (n=51).

mean ± standard deviation (range) value

Age (day)43(5-88)0.642<0.001
TBIL (μmol/L)(73.71-362.78)0.4670.001
DBIL (μmol/L)(37.01-245.68)0.548<0.001
IBIL (μmol/L)(20.20-137.20)0.2220.117
-GT (IU/L)(69.00-871.00)0.678<0.001

Data are medians; : correlation coefficient.