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Hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) measurement is the gold standard\u00a0for assessment. However, it is invasive. This study examined the most reliable noninvasive biomarker for evaluating HVPG and diagnosing HRV.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Seventy\u2010eight patients with chronic liver disease (including 44 with cirrhosis) underwent HVPG measurement. Noninvasive markers including 7S domain of type IV collagen (4COL7S), Mac\u20102\u2010binding protein glycosylation isomer (M2BPGi), liver stiffness, enhanced liver fibrosis (ELF) score, hyaluronic acid and type III procollagen peptide levels, aspartate aminotransferase\u2010to\u2010platelet ratio index, fibrosis\u20104 index, platelet count, von Willebrand factor (vWF), a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 13 (ADAMTS13) activity, vWF\u2010to\u2010ADAMTS13 ratio, and vWF antigen\u2010to\u2010platelet ratio score were evaluated.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In the receiver operating characteristic analyses, 4COL7S had the highest diagnostic accuracy for both clinically significant HRV, with a superior area under the receiver operating characteristic curve compared with the other markers. 4COL7S showed the strongest correlation with HVPG (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.713 and 95% confident interval: 0.617\u20130.84), outperforming M2BPGi and the ELF score. Vascular markers, such as the vWF antigen\u2010to\u2010platelet ratio and vWF\u2010to\u2010ADAMTS13 ratio, had additional but weaker predictive ability. However, 4COL7S remained the most consistent predictor across both variceal outcomes and HVPG.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>4COL7S is the most reliable noninvasive biomarker for predicting HRV. 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