Author's reply: “Clinical prediction models in minimal hepatic encephalopathy: How far can they go?”

We would like to express our gratitude to Professor Lorenzo Ridola for the valuable and insightful comments on our article, entitled “Construction and validation of a screening model for minimal hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis: a multi-center study” [1,2]. We also appreciate the Editors of Digestive and Liver Disease for affording us the opportunity to respond to these comments.