Interpretation: FibroTouch Liver Elastography Report

Test quality — reliable

• Success rate: 100% (10/10 valid measurements)
• Stiffness IQR/Median: 7%, UAP IQR/Median: 11% — both well within the acceptable reliability threshold (<30%, ideally <10%). This is a technically good-quality scan, not just noise.

1. Liver stiffness (fibrosis) — Normal

• Median stiffness: 5.6 kPa, which falls in the F0-F1 band (<7.3 kPa) on the report's own reference scale.
• This means no significant liver fibrosis is detected. Transient elastography (the technology FibroTouch is based on) estimates fibrosis by measuring shear-wave propagation speed through the liver; values in this range are reassuring, well below the ~14 kPa threshold used to flag possible cirrhosis - Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease.

2. UAP (steatosis / fatty liver) — Moderate

• Median UAP: 273 dB/m, which falls in the "Moderate" band (265-295 dB/m) on the report's scale (Normal <240, Mild 240-265, Moderate 265-295, Severe >295).
• UAP works like the CAP (controlled attenuation parameter) used in FibroScan - it estimates the degree of fat infiltration in the liver by measuring ultrasound signal attenuation. A value of 273 indicates moderate hepatic steatosis (fatty liver).

Overall picture

• The liver is not currently scarred/fibrotic — a good sign.
• There is moderate fat buildup that, left unaddressed, can progress over years toward steatohepatitis and eventual fibrosis.
• Standard next steps typically recommended by physicians in this situation: weight reduction (5-10% body weight), dietary modification, regular exercise, and checking liver enzymes (ALT/AST), fasting glucose/HbA1c, and lipid profile to rule out associated metabolic syndrome/diabetes. Alcohol intake history is also relevant since UAP does not distinguish alcoholic from non-alcoholic causes of steatosis.