BioMed Research International

Review Article

Diagnostic Performance of Transient Elastography Versus Two-Dimensional Shear Wave Elastography for Liver Fibrosis in Chronic Viral Hepatitis: Direct Comparison and a Meta-Analysis

Table 1

basic characteristics of the included studies.
IdRegionDesignCenterStudy timeSubjectMean ageMale (%)BMI (kg/m2)ALT (U/L)EtiologyScoring systemLength of biopsy samplesQUADAS scores
Leung [17]ChinaProspectiveSingle center2011-201222648.86524.2 (21.6-27.3)†69 (37.5-105)†HBVMetavir≥15 mm12
Yao [22]ChinaProspectiveSingle center2013-20155436.77623.9 (21.9-25)†50.4 (28.8-129.2)†HBVIshak≥20 mm14
Zeng [18]ChinaProspectiveSingle center2013-201525736.777.421.7 (19.7-23.9)†42 (28.3-67.8)†HBVMetavir≥15 mm13
Ferraioli [21]ItalyRetrospectiveSingle center2010-201212144.871.925.4 (17.1-39)§75 (40-126)†HCVMetavir≥10 mm14
Deffieux [11]FranceProspectiveSingle center2011-20127046.87924.1 (16.7-35.9)§81.3 (15-260)§HBV ()HCV ()Metavir≥9 mm14
Xia 2019ChinaProspectiveSingle center201715838.5560.1NANAHBVScheuer≥15 mm12
Paul [23]IndiaProspectiveSingle center2012-201424032.673.3HBV () HCV ()Metavir≥10 mm12
Osman [24]EgyptProspectiveSingle center201918051.0765NANAHBV () HCV ()MetavirNA13
. †Median (interquartile range). §Median (range). BMI: body mass index; NA: not available; QUADAS: quality assessment of studies of diagnostic accuracy studies; TE: transient elastography.