Staging of liver fibrosis or cirrhosis: The role of hepatic venous pressure gradient measurement

Table 1 Scoring system of liver fibrosis in liver biopsy

	Score
METAVIR score	0	1	1	2	3	4	4
	No fibrosis	Portal fibrosis without septa	Portal fibrosis without septa	Septal fibrosis (portal-portal)	Septal fibrosis (portal-central)	Cirrhosis	Cirrhosis
Ishak score		1	2	3	4	5	6
	No fibrosis	Some portal tract fibrotic ± short fibrous septa	Most portal tract fibrotic ± short fibrous septa	Portal tract fibrotic with occasional portal to portal bridging	Portal tract fibrotic with marked portal to portal and portal to central bridging	Marked portal to portal and/or portal to central with occasional nodules	Cirrhosis