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The figure demonstrates a decision tree developed with the same set of the variables used for ordinal logistic regression models. In the tree, variables with the strongest association fibrosis severity were split in a hierarchical manner. Detailed methodological explanation and relevant references were provided in the method section.
Numbers in blue: median fibrosis stage in the groups
DM: diabetes mellitus; Pre-MP: pre-menopausal women
