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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the subjects

From: Comparing shear wave elastography with liver biopsy in the assessment of liver fibrosis at King Hussein Medical Center

Variable

N = 95

Age (mean ± SE)

30 ± 1.6

Aspartate transaminase (AST) (mean ± SE) U/L (normal <37 )

104 ± 22

Alanine transaminase (ALT) (mean ± SE) U/L (normal < 40)

124.2 ± 21.2

Alkaline phosphatase (AKP) (mean ± SE) U/L (normal 40–129)

173.5 ± 17.5

Elastography liver stiffness (kPa) (mean ± SE)

6.5 ± 0.19

Diagnosis

 Hepatitis B/C

15 (16%)

 Other liver disease

61 (64%)

 Donor

19 (20%)