Table 3

Correlations between transient elastography and biochemical, clinical, and ultrasonographic features

	All patients			F3F4 fibrosis patients
	n	r	p Value	n	r	p Value
ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; GGT, γ-glutamyl-transpeptidase; US, ultrasonographic; n, number of patients with a correct value.
AST	678	0.480	<0.0001	141	0.194	0.02
ALT	698	0.216	<0.0001	141	−0.296	0.004
GGT	688	0.426	<0.0001	141	0.356	<0.0001
Total bilirubin	666	0.448	<0.0001	141	0.544	<0.0001
Platelet count	686	−0.427	<0.0001	140	−0.459	<0.0001
Prothrombin time	617	−0.500	<0.0001	137	−0.703	<0.0001
Factor V	222	−0.516	<0.0001	74	−0.659	<0.0001
Albumin	481	−0.370	<0.0001	109	−0.620	<0.0001
α fetoprotein	355	0.451	<0.0001	94	0.153	NS
Child-Pugh score				144	0.590	<0.0001
Past history of ascites				144	0.447	<0.0001
Oesophageal varices				85	0.492	<0.0001
Oesophageal varices stage 2 or 3				85	0.370	0.0005
Past history of bleeding varices				144	0.387	<0.0001
Hepatocellular carcinoma				144	0.252	0.002
US splenomegaly				133	0.493	<0.0001