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Table 5 The accuracy of liver stiffness estimated by MRE in discrimination between normal and abnormal hepatic tissue in the LLD candidates of the present study (n = 37)

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

Parameters

Cut-off (in kPa)

AUC

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

Accuracy (%)

Normal versus abnormal hepatic tissue

≥ 2.24

0.992

98.65%

100%

100%

98.31%

99.24%

≥ S1a (normal vs. S1a-1b-2)

≥ 2.35

0.981

96.83%

100%

100%

96.70%

98.10%

≥ S1b (normal and S1a vs. S1b-2)

≥ 2.38

0.984

96.90%

100%

100%

97.54%

98.44%

≥ F1 (normal vs. F1-2-3)

≥ 2.42

0.990

97.51%

100%

100 %

98.00%

99.00%

≥ F2 (normal and F1 vs. F2-3)

≥ 2.57

0.988

97.22%

100%

100%

96.20%

98.80%

  1. F fibrosis, S steatosis, kPa kilopascal, % percent, ppv positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value, AUC area under the curve