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Diagnostic accuracy of elastography and magnetic resonance imaging in patients with NAFLD: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Selvaraj, Emmanuel Anandraj, Mózes, Ferenc Emil, Jayaswal, Arjun Narayan Ajmer, Zafarmand, Mohammad Hadi, Vali, Yasaman, Lee, Jenny A., Levick, Christina Kim, Young, Liam Arnold Joseph, Palaniyappan, Naaventhan, Liu, Chang-Hai, Aithal, Guruprasad Padur, Romero-Gómez, Manuel, Brosnan, M. Julia, Tuthill, Theresa A., Anstee, Quentin M., Neubauer, Stefan, Harrison, Stephen A., Bossuyt, Patrick M., Pavlides, Michael, Anstee, Quentin, Daly, Ann, Johnson, Katherine, Govaere, Olivier, Cockell, Simon, Tiniakos, Dina, Bedossa, Pierre, Oakley, Fiona, Cordell, Heather, Day, Chris, Wonders, Kristy, Bossuyt, Patrick, Zafarmand, Hadi, Vali, Yasaman, Lee, Jenny, Ratziu, Vlad, Clement, Karine, Pais, Raluca, Schuppan, Detlef, Schattenberg, Jörn, Vidal-Puig, Toni, Vacca, Michele, Rodrigues-Cuenca, Sergio, Allison, Mike, Kamzolas, Ioannis, Petsalaki, Evangelia, Oresic, Matej, Hyötyläinen, Tuulia, McGlinchey, Aiden, Mato, Jose M., Millet, Oscar, Dufour, Jean-François, Berzigotti, Annalisa, Pavlides, Michael, Harrison, Stephen, Neubauer, Stefan, Cobbold, Jeremy, Mozes, Ferenc, Akhtar, Salma, Banerjee, Rajarshi, Kelly, Matt, Shumbayawonda, Elizabeth, Dennis, Andrea, Erpicum, Charlotte, Romero-Gómez, Manuel, Gómez-González, Emilio, Ampuero, Javier, Castell, Javier, Gallego-Durán, Rocío, Fernández, Isabel, Montero-Vallejo, Rocío, Karsdal, Morten, Erhardtsen, Elisabeth, Rasmussen, Daniel, Leeming, Diana Julie, Fisker, Mette Juul, Sinisi, Antonia, Musa, Kishwar, Betsou, Fay, Sandt, Estelle, Tonini, Manuela, Bugianesi, Elisabetta, Rosso, Chiara, Armandi, Angelo, Marra, Fabio, Gastaldelli, Amalia, Svegliati, Gianluca, Boursier, Jérôme, Francque, Sven, Vonghia, Luisa, Ekstedt, Mattias, Kechagias, Stergios, Yki-Jarvinen, Hannele, Luukkonen, Panu, van Mil, Saskia, Papatheodoridis, George, Cortez-Pinto, Helena, Valenti, Luca, Petta, Salvatore, Miele, Luca, Geier, Andreas, Trautwein, Christian, Aithal, Guru, Hockings, Paul, Newsome, Philip, Wenn, David, Pereira Rodrigues, Cecília Maria, Chaumat, Pierre, Hanf, Rémy, Trylesinski, Aldo, Ortiz, Pablo, Duffin, Kevin, Brosnan, Julia, Tuthill, Theresa, McLeod, Euan, Ertle, Judith, Younes, Ramy, Ostroff, Rachel, Alexander, Leigh, Kjær, Mette Skalshøi, Mikkelsen, Lars Friis, Balp, Maria-Magdalena, Brass, Clifford, Jennings, Lori, Martic, Miljen, Loeffler, Juergen, Hanauer, Guido, Shankar, Sudha, Fournier, Céline, Pepin, Kay, Ehman, Richard, Myers, Joel, Ho, Gideon, Torstenson, Richard, Myers, Rob, Doward, Lynda·2021·Journal of Hepatology
DOI 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.04.044
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE), point shear wave elastography (pSWE), 2-dimensional shear wave elastography (2DSWE), magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have been proposed as non-invasive tests for patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). This study evaluated their diagnostic accuracy for liver fibrosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). METHODS: PubMED/MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library were searched for studies examining the diagnostic accuracy of these index tests, against histology as the reference standard, in adult patients with NAFLD. Two authors independently screened and assessed methodological quality of studies and extracted data. Summary estimates of sensitivity, specificity and area under the curve (sAUC) were calculated for fibrosis stages and NASH, using a random effects bivariate logit-normal model. RESULTS: We included 82 studies (14,609 patients). Meta-analysis for diagnosing fibrosis stages was possible in 53 VCTE, 11 MRE, 12 pSWE and 4 2DSWE studies, and for diagnosing NASH in 4 MRE studies. sAUC for diagnosis of significant fibrosis were: 0.83 for VCTE, 0.91 for MRE, 0.86 for pSWE and 0.75 for 2DSWE. sAUC for diagnosis of advanced fibrosis were: 0.85 for VCTE, 0.92 for MRE, 0.89 for pSWE and 0.72 for 2DSWE. sAUC for diagnosis of cirrhosis were: 0.89 for VCTE, 0.90 for MRE, 0.90 for pSWE and 0.88 for 2DSWE. MRE had sAUC of 0.83 for diagnosis of NASH. Three (4%) studies reported intention-to-diagnose analyses and 15 (18%) studies reported diagnostic accuracy against pre-specified cut-offs. CONCLUSIONS: When elastography index tests are acquired successfully, they have acceptable diagnostic accuracy for advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis. The potential clinical impact of these index tests cannot be assessed fully as intention-to-diagnose analyses and validation of pre-specified thresholds are lacking. LAY SUMMARY: Non-invasive tests that measure liver stiffness or use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have been suggested as alternatives to liver biopsy for assessing the severity of liver scarring (fibrosis) and fatty inflammation (steatohepatitis) in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). In this study, we summarise the results of previously published studies on how accurately these non-invasive tests can diagnose liver fibrosis and inflammation, using liver biopsy as the reference. We found that some techniques that measure liver stiffness had a good performance for the diagnosis of severe liver scarring.

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Selvaraj, E. A., Mózes, F. E., Jayaswal, A. N. A., Zafarmand, M. H., Vali, Y., Lee, J. A., Levick, C. K., Young, L. A. J., Palaniyappan, N., Liu, C.-H., Aithal, G. P., Romero-Gómez, M., Brosnan, M. J., Tuthill, T. A., Anstee, Q. M., Neubauer, S., Harrison, S. A., Bossuyt, P. M., Pavlides, M., Anstee, Q., Daly, A., Johnson, K., Govaere, O., Cockell, S., Tiniakos, D., Bedossa, P., Oakley, F., Cordell, H., Day, C., Wonders, K., Bossuyt, P., Zafarmand, H., Vali, Y., Lee, J., Ratziu, V., Clement, K., Pais, R., Schuppan, D., Schattenberg, J., Vidal-Puig, T., Vacca, M., Rodrigues-Cuenca, S., Allison, M., Kamzolas, I., Petsalaki, E., Oresic, M., Hyötyläinen, T., McGlinchey, A., Mato, J. M., Millet, O., Dufour, J.-F., Berzigotti, A., Pavlides, M., Harrison, S., Neubauer, S., Cobbold, J., Mozes, F., Akhtar, S., Banerjee, R., Kelly, M., Shumbayawonda, E., Dennis, A., Erpicum, C., Romero-Gómez, M., Gómez-González, E., Ampuero, J., Castell, J., Gallego-Durán, R., Fernández, I., Montero-Vallejo, R., Karsdal, M., Erhardtsen, E., Rasmussen, D., Leeming, D. J., Fisker, M. J., Sinisi, A., Musa, K., Betsou, F., Sandt, E., Tonini, M., Bugianesi, E., Rosso, C., Armandi, A., Marra, F., Gastaldelli, A., Svegliati, G., Boursier, J., Francque, S., Vonghia, L., Ekstedt, M., Kechagias, S., Yki-Jarvinen, H., Luukkonen, P., van Mil, S., Papatheodoridis, G., Cortez-Pinto, H., Valenti, L., Petta, S., Miele, L., Geier, A., Trautwein, C., Aithal, G., Hockings, P., Newsome, P., Wenn, D., Pereira Rodrigues, C. M., Chaumat, P., Hanf, R., Trylesinski, A., Ortiz, P., Duffin, K., Brosnan, J., Tuthill, T., McLeod, E., Ertle, J., Younes, R., Ostroff, R., Alexander, L., Kjær, M. S., Mikkelsen, L. F., Balp, M.-M., Brass, C., Jennings, L., Martic, M., Loeffler, J., Hanauer, G., Shankar, S., Fournier, C., Pepin, K., Ehman, R., Myers, J., Ho, G., Torstenson, R., Myers, R., & Doward, L.
Affiliations
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
  • Pfizer (United States) (US)
  • Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
  • Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (ES)
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Venue
Journal of Hepatology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-10
Volume
75
Issue
4
Pages
770-785
ISSN
0168-8278 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jhep.2021.04.044
OpenAlex
W3161701468
Cited by
376
References
107
Citations by year
2026: 67 · 2025: 84 · 2024: 77 · 2023: 81 · 2022: 52 · 2021: 14
FWCI
8.58
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
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  • Lirias (KU Leuven) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
  • Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca (Universita Degli Studi Di Milano) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Nova Science Publishers (Nova Science Publishers, Inc.) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubliCatt (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Bari Aldo Moro) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity) (cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
  • Innovative Medicines Initiative (777377)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver Disease and Transplantation
Keywords
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, liver fibrosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, vibration-controlled transient elastography, point shear wave elastography, two-dimensional shear wave elastography, magnetic resonance elastography, magnetic resonance imaging, noninvasive fibrosis assessment, liver cirrhosis, diagnostic accuracy
MeSH terms
Adult, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, ROC Curve, Area Under Curve, Elasticity Imaging Techniques, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

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