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ArticleHepatic medicine : evidence and research2023

The Accuracy of Ultrasound Controlled Attenuation Parameter in Diagnosing Hepatic Fat Content.

Sebastiana Atzori, Yasmin Pasha, James B Maurice, Simon D Taylor-Robinson, Louise Campbell, Adrian K P Lim

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Article in Hepatic medicine : evidence and research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Sebastiana AtzoriDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, W1 1NY, UK.
Yasmin PashaDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, W1 1NY, UK.
James B MauriceDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, W1 1NY, UK.
Simon D Taylor-RobinsonDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, W1 1NY, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8811-1834
Louise CampbellDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, W1 1NY, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9443-9759
Adrian K P LimDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, W1 1NY, UK.

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Purpose: The Controlled Attenuation Parameter (CAP score) is based on ultrasonic properties of retropropagated radiofrequency signals acquired by Fibroscan Patients and Methods: A total of 150 patients underwent same-day liver biopsy and measurement of hepatic steatosis with Fibroscan. Only examinations with 10 satisfactory measurements, and an inter-quartile range of less than 30% of the median liver stiffness values were included for data analysis. Histological staging was then correlated with median values and Spearman correlation calculated. P values of <0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: For diagnosis of hepatic steatosis (HS), CAP could predict the steatosis S2 with AUROC 0.815 (95% CI 0.741-0.889), sensitivity (0.81) and specificity (0.73) when the optimal cut-off value was set at 288 dB/m. CAP detected histological grade S3 with AUROC 0.735 (95% CI 0.618-0.851), sensitivity (0.71) and specificity (0.74), with a cut-off value of 330 dB/m. The AUROC for steatosis grade S1 was 0.741 (95% CI 0.650-0.824), with a cut-off value of 263 dB/m with sensitivity 0.75 and specificity 0.70. Univariate analysis showed a correlation between CAP and diabetes (p 0.048). Conclusion: The performance of CAP to diagnose steatosis severity decreases as steatosis progresses. CAP is associated with diabetes but not other clinical factors and parameters of the metabolic syndrome.

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