Table 4.

Changes in the degree of liver fibrosis, inflammation, and collagen content before and after AT1 receptor blockade with losartan

	Before Treatment	After Treatment	P
METAVIR
Fibrosis	2.71±0.83	2.57±0.94	ns
Activity score	2.29±1.14	1.57±0.94	<0.05
Piecemeal	1.64±0.75	1.07±0.61	<0.05
Lobular	0.64±0.63	0.50±0.52	ns
Morphometric analysis
Sirius red positive area, %	5.86±1.65	5.90±2.17	ns

Values are means ± SD.