Research Article
Diagnostic Usefulness of Real-Time Elastography for Liver Fibrosis in Chronic Viral Hepatitis B and C
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of patients according to the histologic fibrosis stage.
| Fibrosis stage | F0 () | F1 () | F3 () | F4 () | Total () | value |
| HBV/HCV | 5/9 | 13/13 | 17/9 | 16/1 | 51/32 | | Sex, male/female | 8/6 | 16/10 | 18/8 | 12/5 | 54/29 | | Age, years | 38 ± 11 | 47 ± 6 | 47 ± 10 | 48 ± 12 | 45 ± 10 | 0.031 | BMI, kg/m2 | 24.2 ± 2.5 | 24.1 ± 2.9 | 23.6 ± 3.5 | 24.0 ± 2.6 | 23.9 ± 2.9 | 0.912 | AST, IU/L | 59 ± 75 | 85 ± 85 | 82 ± 54 | 156 ± 207 | 94 ± 116 | 0.086 | ALT, IU/L | 101 ± 161 | 137 ± 177 | 134 ± 129 | 143 ± 182 | 131 ± 159 | 0.895 | GGT, IU/L | 73 ± 106 | 88 ± 111 | 62 ± 40 | 81 ± 82 | 76 ± 86 | 0.746 | ALP, IU/L | 89 ± 52 | 73 ± 24 | 85 ± 28 | 85 ± 33 | 82 ± 33 | 0.454 | TB, mg/dL | 1.3 ± 1.8 | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 1.0 ± 0.7 | 2.0 ± 3.2 | 1.2 ± 1.7 | 0.141 | Albumin, g/dL | 4.1 ± 0.4 | 4.0 ± 0.3 | 3.8 ± 0.4 | 3.4 ± 0.6 | 3.8 ± 0.5 | 0.000 | Platelet, 103/mm3 | 218 ± 63 | 207 ± 51 | 149 ± 52 | 128 ± 39 | 174 ± 62 | 0.000 | PT INR | 1.04 ± 0.09 | 1.06 ± 0.06 | 1.15 ± 0.12 | 1.22 ± 0.16 | 12.90 ± 1.60 | 0.000 | Median CP score (Range) | 5.36 (5~6) | 5.21 (5~6) | 5.36 (5~7) | 5.83 (5~8) | 5.39 (5~8) | 0.028 |
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HBV, hepatitis b virus; HCV, hepatitis c virus; BMI, body mass index; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; TB, total bilirubin; GGT, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase; PT INR, prothrombin time international normalized ratio; CP, Child-Pugh.
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