Table 2a. Fibrosis grades based on liver biopsy.

	All patients N=311/392	Test cohort N=226/307	Validation cohort N=85/85	P-value
Fibrosis stage; % (n)
0	21.9 (68)	20.4 (46)	25.9 (22)	0.155
1	26.7 (83)	26.5 (60)	27.1 (23)	0.987
2	20.9 (65)	21.7 (49)	18.8 (16)	0.517
3	10.3 (32)	9.3 (21)	12.9 (11)	0.379
4	20.3 (63)	22.1 (50)	15.3 (13)	0.155

Liver biopsy was available in 311 of 392 patients