CD163 and fibrosis: When we analyzed the levels of biomarkers according to fibrosis stage atbaseline, all groups showed higher levels of CXCL10 and sCD163 in comparisonwith HD (p<0.001), while sCD14 levels were similar in subjects with F0-F2, F3liver fibrosis and HD (p>0.05), and were increased only in cirrhotic subjects(p = 0.03) (Fig 1, PanelB).