Utility of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging parameters of spleen to discriminate between grouped stages of liver fibrosis.

Notes: TTP  =  time to peak, PEI  =  positive enhancement integral, MSI  =  maximum slope of increase, and MSD  =  maximum slope of decrease. S0, S0–1, S0–2, S0–3, S1–4, S2–4, S3–4 and S4 represent liver fibrosis stage 0, 0–1, 0–2, 0–3, 1–4, 2–4, 3–4 and 4, respectively. * denotes significant in the parameters between the grouped stages (P < 0.05), and all the comparisons denote significance after Bonferroni correction.