The performance of spleen cT1 was superior to that of liver biomarkers (liver cT1, liver stiffness, AST/ALT ratio, APRI and FIB-4) probably because liver fibrosis reflects just one element of portal hypertension pathophysiology, whereas spleen cT1 directly reflects the consequence of portal hypertension as a whole. Here, GPT is linked to Hepatic fibrosis.