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Note: AASLD = American Association of the Study of Liver Diseases, ALT = alanine aminotransferase, APASL = Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, CASL = Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver, EASL = European Association for the Study of Liver, HBV = hepatitis B virus, ULN = upper limit of normal, WHO = World Health Organization.
↵* Upper limit of normal for alanine aminotransferase: men 35 U/L, women 25 U/L.
↵† Upper limit of normal for alanine aminotransferase: 40 U/L.
↵‡ Upper limit of normal for alanine aminotransferase: men 30 U/L, women 19 U/L.