Figure 1From: Markedly lower follow-up rate after liver biopsy in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases than those with viral hepatitis in JapanPost-liver biopsy follow-up rates of patients according to the underlying liver disease. The follow-up rate was significantly lower in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease than in patients with chronic hepatitis B or C virus infection (both, p < 0.0001). There was no difference in the follow-up rate between patients with chronic HBV infection and those with chronic HCV infection (p = 0.7299).Back to article page