Patients with stage 3 compared to stage 4 liver fibrosis have lower frequency of and longer time to liver disease complications

• Page Axley,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Sandhya Mudumbi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Shabnam Sarker,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Yong-Fang Kuo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America

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• Ashwani Singal

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ashwanisingal.com@gmail.com

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1207-3998

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