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We would like to thank Dr Mohta and colleagues for their interest in our study and for their comments. As we showed in our work, our cohort of patients with advanced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) developed clinical decompensation at lower hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) values as compared with a cohort of patients with hepatitis C virus –related chronic liver disease. We hypothesized that this may be a consequence of an underestimation of the actual portal pressure as assessed by the HVPG measurement,1 although we agree with the authors that the causes underlying this observation may be multifactorial.

Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - December 27, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Octavi Bassegoda, Pol Olivas, Isabel Graupera, Virginia Hern ández-Gea Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research