Study of liver cirrhosis over ten consecutive years in Southern China

Figure 3 Changing trends in the proportion of subgroups of viral hepatitis over 10 consecutive years. The proportion of HBV-induced LC has decreased gradually over the 10 years, and those of HCV- and (HBV + HCV)-induced LC have not exhibited explicit trends. Every marker illustrates the proportion of LC due to a different cause, and the changing trend is simulated by lining up the markers for each etiology as different colored lines. HBV: LC caused by hepatitis B virus, P < 0.001 in 10 years comparison; HCV: LC caused by hepatitis C virus, P = 0.263 in 10 years comparison; HBV + HCV: LC caused by hepatitis B virus combined with hepatitis C virus, P = 0.267 in 10 years comparison. LC: Liver cirrhosis; HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus.