Table 1

Characteristics of the FibroTest diagnostic studies for the staging of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease

First author [ref]
Number Patients
Methodology
Age
Stage Prevalence
AUROC SE
F0 (%)
F1 (%)
F2 (%)
F3 (%)
F4 (%)
DANA
Size mm
Independent
Guidelines and fresh
Biopsy FT median days
High risk profile $ (%)

HCV n = 20
















Imbert-1, 2001 (21)
189
Prospective Single center Training cohort
47
F2F3F4 0.38
0.84 0.03
36 (18)
91 (44)
40 (20)
18 (9)
20 (10)
2.03
16
No
Yes
0
NA
Imbert-2, 2001 (21)
134
Prospective Single center Validation cohort
48
F2F3F4 0.45
0.87 0.03
20 (15)
54 (40)
28 (21)
10 (7)
22 (16)
2.16
16
No
Yes
0
NA
Poynard-1, 2001 (22)
299
Retrospective Randomized trial Multicenter
41
F3F4 Knodell 0.36
0.74 0.03
60 (20)
133 (44)
56** (17)
55 (17)
5 (2)
1.42
NA
Mixed
Yes
NA
NA
Poynard-2, 2003 (23)
352
Retrospective Randomized trial Multicenter Before treatment
45
F2F3F4 0.39
0.73 0.03
6 (2)
206 (59)
63 (18)
32 (9)
32 (9)
1.71
17
Mixed
No
137
0 (0)
Poynard-3, 2003 (23)
352
Retrospective Randomized trial Multicenter After treatment
47
F2F3F4 0.32
0.77 0.03
15 (4)
222 (63)
64 (18)
25 (7)
26 (10)
1.73
17
Mixed
No
12
0 (0)
Rossi, 2003 (24)
125
Prospective Multicenter
40
F2F3F4 0.38
0.74 0.05
25 (20)
52 (42)
26 (21)
13 (10)
9 (7)
1.95
NA
Yes
No
0
0 (0)
Myers-1, 2003 (25)
130
Retrospective Single center HCV-HIV Co-infection
38
F2F3F4 0.45
0.86 0.04
17 (13)
55 (42)
22 (17)
19 (15)
17 (13)
2.15
NA
No
Yes
< 180
NA
Castera, 2005 (26)
183
Prospective Single center
51
F2F3F4 0.38
0.84 0.03
0 (0)
47 (26)
53 (29)
37 (20)
46 (25)
1.95
17
Yes
Yes
0
NA
Cales-2, 2005 (7)
120
Prospective Single center Validation cohort
44
F2F3F4 0.48
0.86 0.06
20 (17)
43 (36)
28 (3)
14 (12)
15 (13)
2.09
21
Yes
No
< 7
NA
Coletta, 2005 (27)
40
Prospective Multicenter PNALT
44
F2F3F4 0.35
NA
3 (8)
23 (58)
9 (23)
5 (13)
0 (0)
1.47
20
Yes
NA
180
NA
Varaut-1, 2005 (28)
50
Retrospective Single center Dialysis patients
48
F2F3F4 0.42
0.53 0.04
1 (2)
28 (56)
11 (22)
8 (16)
2 (4)
1.61
19
Yes
No
< 180
2 (4)
Varaut-2, 2005 (28)
60
Retrospective Single center Kydney recipients
44
F2F3F4 0.44
0.71 0.04
10 (21)
21 (35)
17 (28)
10 (16)
2 (3)
1.84
19
Yes
No
< 180
2 (3.3)
Halfon, 2006 (29)
504
Prospective Multicenter
45
F2F3F4 0.45
0.79 0.02
58 (12)
216 (43)
110 (22)
91 (18)
29 (6)
1.87
15
Yes
Yes
0
15 (3)
Sebastiani-1, 2006 (30)
65
Prospective PNALT
45
F2F3F4 0.39
0.71 0.04
18 (27)
22 (34)
12 (19)
6 (9)
7 (11)
2.21
18
Yes
Yes
0
Excluded
Sebastiani-2, 2006 (30)
125
Prospective EALT
50
F2F3F4 0.71
0.81 0.03
6 (5)
30 (24)
53 (42)
15 (12)
21 (17)
1.83
18
Yes
Yes
0
Excluded
Wilson, 2006 * (31)
115
Retrospective Multicenter 30% HIV
42
F2F3F4 0.38
0.74 0.05
39 (33)
36 (30)
33 (28)
8 (7)
3 (3)
1.87
11
Yes
No
Contemporaneous
NA
Sene, 2006 (32)
138
Prospective Single center Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis
58
F2F3F4 0.47
0.83 0.03
37 (27)
36 (26)
30 (22)
16 (12)
19 (14)
3.05
18
No
Yes
< 60
11 (8)
Halfon-2, 2007 (36)
158
Prospective Single center
41
F2F3F4
0.79 0.03
6 (4)
103 (65)
34 (22)
13 (8)
2 (1)
1.38
21
Yes
Yes
0
NA
Leroy, 2007 (37)
180
Prospective Single center
44
F2F3F4
0.84 0.03
15 (8)
74 (41)
40 (22)
26 (14)
25 (14)
2.00
23
Yes
Yes
0
NA
Grigorescu, 2007 (39)
206
Single center
47
F2F3F4
0.78 0.02
16 (8)
60 (29)
70 (34)
44 (21)
16 (8)
1.80
NA
Yes
Yes
NA
Excluded
HBV n = 4
















Myers-2 (3)
209
Prospective and (42) Retrospective (167)
39
F2F3F4 0.29
0.78 0.04
76 (36)
72 (34)
32 (15)
10 (5)
19 (9)
2.31
18
No
Yes
1
NA
Poynard-4, 2005 (4)
214
Prospective
40
F2F3F4 0.67
0.77 0.03
14 (8)
53 (25)
119 (24)
55 (26)
40 (19)
2.17
NA
Mixed
Yes
150
7 (3.2)
Sebastiani-3, 2007 (33)
110
Prospective
43
F2F3F4
0.85 0.04
15 (14)
20 (18)
40 (36)
13 (12)
22 (20)
2.19
17
Yes
Yes
0
Excluded
Poynard-5, 2007 (34)
924
Retrospective
39
F2F3F4
0.76 0.02
21 (2)
596 (65)
160 (17)
69 (7)
78 (8)
1.77
13
Mixed
Yes
90
80 excluded (8)
ALD n = 2
















Naveau, 2005 (5)
221
Prospective One center
47
F2F3F4 0.64
0.84 003
16 (7)
65 (29)
48 (22)
24 (11)
68 (31)
2.34
15
Mixed
Yes
9
4 (1.8)
Thabut, 2006 (35)
208
Prospective Two centers
51
F2F3F4
0.91 0.02
10 (5)
25 (12)
21 (10)
17 (8)
136 (65)
2.98
12
Mixed
Yes
0
15 (7.2)
NAFLD n = 2
















Ratziu-1, 2006 (8)
170
Prospective
53
F2F3F4 0.24
0.86 0.03
77 (45)
54 (31)
20 (12)
11 (7)
9 (5)
2.30
20
No
Yes
0
5 (2.9)
Ratziu-2, 2006 (8)
97
Prospective
49
F2F3F4 0.15
0.75 0.04
26 (27)
40 (41)
15 (15)
12 (12)
4 (4)
2.04
18
Yes
Yes
0
2 (2)
Mixed n = 3
















Cales1, 2005 (7)
478
Prospective Single center HCV, HBV, ALD
45
F2F3F4 0.59
0.82 0.03
28 (6)
170 (36)
120 (25)
57 (12)
102 (21)
2.08
18
Yes
No
< 7
NA
Callewaert, 2004 (6)
106
Prospective HCV and ALD
NA
F4 0.29
0.89 0.04
0 (0)
28 (26)
20 (19)
10 (9)
48 (45)
2.73
NA
Yes
Yes
NA
NA
Coco, 2007 (38)
164
Prospective HCV and HBV
50
F2F3F4
0.89 0.05
29 (18)
33 (20)
13 (8)
6 (4)
83 (51)
3.15
25
Yes
Yes
90
NA

*Details for stages given out of 119 and not out of 115: ** half of Knodell F3 has been counted as METAVIR F2

NA: not available; PNALT: persistently normal ALT; EALT: Elevated ALT

$ High risk profile defined as hemolysis, Gilbert or acute inflammation; mean was 143/3,495 (4.1%)

Poynard et al. BMC Gastroenterology 2007 7:40   doi:10.1186/1471-230X-7-40