Figure 1.
Flow chart describing the selection of the study population.
Based on the exclusion criteria, 194 subjects were finally recruited for analyses.
Table 1.
Baseline characteristics (n = 194).
Figure 2.
Box plots of LS (A) and FT (B) according to fibrosis stage.
Boxes and horizontal lines within boxes represent interquartile ranges (IQRs) and median values, respectively. The upper and lower whiskers indicate 75th percentile plus 1.5 IQR and 25th percentile minus 1.5 IQR, respectively. o, mild outlier: a value more than 75th percentile plus 1.5 IQR, but less than 75th percentile plus 3.0 IQR. *, extreme outlier: a value more than 75th percentile plus 3 IQR.
Figure 3.
Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves for LS and FT in the diagnosis of significant fibrosis (≥F2, A), advanced fibrosis (≥F3, B), and cirrhosis (F = 4, C).
Table 2.
Diagnostic performances of LS and FT and their suggested optimal cutoff values.
Table 3.
Distribution and agreement of fibrosis stages according to histology and LS or FT (n = 194).
Table 4.
Agreements of histological fibrosis stages among patients who showed concordant results between LS and FT (n = 111).
Table 5.
Diagnostic performances of combination formula using LS and FT and their suggested optimal cutoff values.