"Indeed, the study by Marcolongo et al. found that the association between CRS7 and fibrosis progression was most evident in patients who had Metavir F0 on the initial biopsy [9].Although CRS7 was derived originally from a cohort of Caucasian patients, it is noteworthy that our results were similar when the analysis included Caucasians, African-Americans, Hispanic and other ethnicities or Caucasian" . . . . .