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The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 6 Accuracy of different predictors in prediction of esophageal varices

From: Diagnostic accuracy of shear wave elastography versus laboratory parameters as non-invasive screening tool for esophageal varices

Indices

PC/SD ratio

PVV (cm/s)

LS (kPa)

SS (kPa)

SE

77%

87%

60%

85%

SP

70%

83%

63%

79%

PPV

79.4%

88.5%

71.3%

85.9%

NPV

67%

81%

51.2%

77.8%

Accuracy

74.2%

85.4%

61.2%

82.6%

Cutoff point

< 909

7.09

41.11

62.22

AUC

0.64

0.79

0.56

0.71

p value

0.03

< 0.001

0.97

< 0.001

  1. p value was significant if < 0.05
  2. PC/SD platelet count/splenic diameter, PVV portal vein velocity, LSM liver stiffness, SS splenic stiffness, SE sensitivity, SP specificity, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value, AUC area under the curve
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