4-year survival according to baseline FibroTest, viral load ALT values and treatment.

§Survival of the severe fibrosis group was significantly lower than the two other groups (P§§Overall survival of the severe fibrosis group, treated or not, was significantly lower than that of paired controls (p*Overall survival of the 1074 HBV patients, was significantly lower than that of paired controls (p$P = 0.03 vs treated.£P = 0.047 vs treated.***Survivals of the treated patients were similar to those of the non –treated in different groups of viral load (p>0.05).****Overall survival of the group with high viral load was lower than that of paired controls (p$*Overall survival of the group with elevated ALT was lower than that of paired controls (pWe used the manufacturers' definitions of normal FT (