Fig. 3

Distribution of liver stiffness measurements and its changes among the 676 patients included in the study. The red line indicates the baseline measurements sorted in incremental order. Spikes away from the red line indicate the change in liver stiffness from the first to the last measurement measured with elastography (in kPa). The black dashed line at 10.0 kPa indicates liver stiffness suggestive of compensated advanced chronic liver disease, whereas the black dashed line at 15.0 kPa indicates the threshold for liver stiffness highly suggestive of compensated advanced chronic liver disease such as liver fibrosis or cirrhosis [27]