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. 2015 Feb 2;2(1):ofv015. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofv015

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Figure 1. — Flow chart displaying selection of study participants for analysis. Of 3838 patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection present in the Chronic Viral Illness Service database, 1733 patients were excluded because they were not actively observed (last follow-up visit antecedent to January 1, 2007), 282 patients were excluded because of hepatitis C virus or hepatitis B virus co-infection, and 429 were excluded because of missing data. After further exclusion of 559 patients who had the outcome at baseline and 39 cases without a follow-up visit, the remaining sample of 796 consecutive patients with HIV mono-infection and in active follow-up was included in the present study. Abbreviations: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HSI, hepatic steatosis index; FIB-4, fibrosis-4.