Abbreviations
HBV, hepatitis B virus; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; CHB, chronic
hepatitis B; IL, interleukin; PeALT, persistently elevated ALT; CAP,
controlled attenuation parameter; LSM, liver stiffness measurement;
PnALT, persistently normal ALT; OPLS-DA, orthogonal projections to
latent structures discriminant analysis; VIP, variable importance in
projection; KEGG, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes; PBS,
phosphate buffered saline; ROC, receiver operating characteristic; AUC,
area under the ROC curve; BMI, body mass index; TG, triglyceride; NALM,N -acetyl-l-methionine; 11-DHC, 11-dehydrocorticosterone;
3-Mx, 3-methylxanthine; 7-Mx, 7-methylxanthine; 3-MA, 3-methylhippuric
acid