Hepatic magnetic resonance elastography: can it be an alternative to invasive biopsy preceding living donor liver transplantation?

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 3 The mean liver stiffness values (estimated by MRE) in relation to age, sex, and BMI of the study participants (n = 37)

Parameters		Liver stiffness (in kPa)		F	P value
Parameters		Range	Mean ± SD	F	P value
Age ( in years)	< 35 (n = 27/37; 72.97%)	1.95–2.20	2.06 ± 0.11	26.34	0.0687
Age ( in years)	≥ 35 (n = 10/37; 27.03%)	1.92–2.17	2.04 ± 0.12	26.34	0.0687
Gender	Males (n = 28/37; 75.68%)	1.20–2.97	2.03 ± 0.14	0.52	0.60
Gender	Females (n = 9/37; 24.32 %)	0.98–2.88	1.99 ± 0.13	0.52	0.60
BMI (kg/ m2)	< 25 25 (67.57 %)	1.57–2.09	1.96 ± 0.21	17.25	< 0.001*
BMI (kg/ m2)	≥ 25 12 (32.43 %)	2.45–3.05	2.65 ± 0.15	17.25	< 0.001*

Data are expressed as numbers and percent (n; %), as well as mean ± standard deviation (SD)
MRE magnetic resonance elastography, kPa kilopascal, BMI body mass index, kg/m² kilograms per square millimeters, F Fisher’s exact test, * significant if P value < 0.05