Noninvasive Evaluation of Liver Fibrosis in a Sample of Putative Inactive HBV Carriers in Rome, Italy

Table 3

Fibrosis score results according to LS among 125 patients.

Characteristics	LS <7.5 kPa	LS ≥7.5 kPa
	(n = 107)	(n = 18)
APRI	0.28 ± 0.09	0.35 ± 0.18	Ns
Forns Index	4.14 ± 1.55	4.17 ± 2.06	Ns
FIB4	1.15 ± 0.60	1.21 ± 0.59	Ns

All values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD). A value <0.05 is considered significant (Wilcoxon test).