Table 3.

Utility weights of health states according to consistency

Health states	Mean utility weights of VAS			Mean utility weights of SG
	Consistent participants	Inconsistent participants	Total	Consistent participants	Inconsistent participants	Total
Chronic hepatitis B virus infection	0.64**	0.44**	0.63	0.85**	0.56**	0.82
Chronic hepatitis C virus infection	0.62**	0.46**	0.60	0.82**	0.53**	0.79
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis	0.62**	0.43**	0.60	0.85**	0.52**	0.82
Liver cirrhosis	0.35*	0.43*	0.35	0.57	0.50	0.56
HCC that requires a partial hepatectomy	0.36	0.37	0.37	0.62*	0.53*	0.61
HCC that requires non-surgical treatments	0.29*	0.35*	0.29	0.55	0.53	0.54
HCC that requires a liver transplantation	0.45**	0.53**	0.47	0.67**	0.50**	0.67
HCC that requires palliative therapy	0.17**	0.29**	0.16	0.40**	0.57**	0.39

VAS visual analogue scale, SG standard gamble, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma

*P-value < 0.05; **P-value < 0.01