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. 2023 Jul 15;13:11455. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38375-4

Table 3.

Effect of different doses of diacerein on fibrotic changes induced by BDL in different experimental groups.

Group Sham-operated group BDL group BDL + diacerein (10 mg/kg) BDL + diacerein (30 mg/kg) BDL + diacerein (50 mg/kg) Chi square (X2) p value p value
N % N % N % N % N %
Stage of fibrosis
 Stage (0) 7 87.5 0 0 0 0 1 12.5 1 12.5 24.946 0.000** 0.000**
 Stage (1) 1 12.5 0 0 1 12.5 3 37.5 6 75 14.295 0.006*
 Stage (2) 0 0 1 12.5 5 62.5 4 50 1 12.5 11.787 0.019
 Stage (3) 0 0 3 37.5 2 25 0 0 0 0 9.143 0.058
 Stage (4) 0 0 4 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.778 0.001**

Comparison of fibrotic stages among different experimental groups *Statistically significant difference (p ≤ 0.01), **Statistically highly significant difference (p ≤ 0.001), n: number (number of sacrificed rats in each group = 8 rats), %: Percent. There are statistically significant differences between all groups regarding all stages of fibrotic changes except stages 2 and 3.