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. 2019 Aug 30;98(35):e16972. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000016972

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Study participants included and flow chart of study design. Patients with positive serum HBsAg or HBV infection was regarded as HBV infection and included. After excluded unqualified patients according to the exclusion criteria, 898 participants were finally included and classified into 4 sub-groups: 222 AsC, 276 CHB, 295 LC, and 105 ACLF. 364 health controls were also included. ACLF = acute-on-chronic liver failure; AsC = asymptomatic carriers, CHB = chronic hepatitis B, HBV = hepatitis B virus, LC = liver cirrhosis.