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Table 6 Efficacy of imaging indexes to assess cirrhosis combined with EGV

From: Role of liver transient elastography in detecting cirrhosis with esophageal and gastric varices and evaluating variceal severity

Indexes

Cut-off

AUC

Youden index number

95% CI

sensitivity

specificity

P

Internal diameter of portal vein

> 15.41 mm

0.890

0.661

0.836 ~ 0.931

72.06%

94.00%

< 0.001

Blood flow rate

≤ 13 cm/s

0.988

0.914

0.960 ~ 0.998

93.38%

98.00%

< 0.001

Liver stiffness value

> 6.46 KPa

0.996

0.978

0.972 ~ 1.000

97.79%

100.00%

< 0.001