Box plots of LSM (kPa) for each METAVIR fibrosis stage (F0 to F4) in hemodialysis patients with CHC. The tops and bottoms of the boxes are the first and the third quartiles. The patient numbers with a hepatic fibrosis of F0, F1, F2, F3, and F4 were 81, 102, 61, 26, and 14, respectively.