Characteristics of the 199 patients in the study.

BMI, body mass index; AST, aspartate transaminase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; TG, triglycerides; APRI, aspartate transaminase to platelets ratio index; HA, hyaluronic acid; 7S collagen, collagen type IV; GSD, glycogen storage disease; PSC, primary sclerosing cholangitis; NS, not significantThe 3 groups were compared by using the Kruskal–Wallis test for continuous variables. When the Kruskal–Wallis test identified a significant difference (P P-values *Results are expressed as mean ± 1 SD.Characteristics of the 199 patients in the study.