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The diagnostic performances of the three variables were evaluated using the receiver operating characteristic curve. The TV, SWE, and RTT in OA differed significantly from those in NOA (all\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2264 0.001) but were similar to those in healthy controls. Males with OA and NOA were similar at TVs of 9\u201311 cm\n                    <jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>\n                    (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 0.838), with sensitivity, specificity, Youden index, and area under the curve of 50.0%, 84.2%, 0.34, and 0.662 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.502\u20130.799), respectively, for SWE cut-off of 3.1 kPa; and 94.1%, 79.2%, 0.74, and 0.904 (95% CI: 0.811\u20130.996), respectively, for RTT cut-off of 1.6 mm. The results showed that RTT performed significantly better than SWE in differentiating OA from NOA in the TV overlap range. 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