Table 6.

Twenty six patients had paired biopsies for examination, performed a median of 1.8 (range 0.1–8) years apart. The fibrosis progression rate between biopsies was median 0.48 (range –0.58–3.75) fibrosis units per year

	1st biopsy	2nd biopsy	p Value
Histology grade	5 (1–15)	2 (2–13)	0.83
Histology stage (fibrosis)	1 (0–6)	2 (0–6)	<0.001
Total HAI	6 (1–21)	8 (2–17)	0.34

HAI, histological activity index.