Table 1 Characteristics of the 405 patients at the time of liver biopsy (comparison between the training and the validation sets).
Characteristics | Training set (n = 151) | Validation set (n = 254) | All patients (n = 405) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (Mean ± SD) | 51 ± 14 | 47 ± 12 | 49 ± 13 |
Male (n (%)) | 82 (54) | 133 (52) | 215 (53) |
HA (μg/l) (Mean {95% CI}) | 63 {47;79} | 53 {41;65} | 57 {47;67} |
Stage of fibrosis (n (%)) | |||
0 | 28 (19) | 33 (13) | 61 (15) |
1 | 51 (34) | 103 (41) | 154 (38) |
2 | 33 (22) | 58 (23) | 91 (23) |
3 | 27 (18) | 47 (18) | 74 (18) |
4 | 12 (7) | 13 (5) | 25 (6) |