Letter regarding “Prevalence of clinically significant liver fibrosis in the general population”

drome, excessive alcohol consumption, fatty liver, elevated liver enzymes, and advanced age".However, we found that a significant proportion of the included studies reported information on the association of various covariates with the risk of advanced fibrosis.Therefore, we suggest that the authors could have reported the pooled odds ratio of potential risk factors for advanced liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in the general population to quantify possible risk factors.