Table 3.

Change in Histologic parameters after 48 weeks of intervention^*

Variable	Group	Baseline	End of Study	P-value#
Fat (0-3)	Control	1.9 (0.9)	1.6 (1.0)	0.02
	LS	1.9 (0.7)	0.8 (0.9)
Parenchymal Inflammation (0-3)	Control	1.7 (0.8)	1.3 (0.8)	0.18
	LS	1.4 (0.6)	0.9 (0.5)
Ballooning Injury (0-2)	Control	1.3 (0.5)	0.6 (0.7)	0.22
	LS	1.2 (0.5)	0.3 (0.6)
Fibrosis (0-4)	Control	1.7 (0.8)	1.4 (1.3)	0.62
	LS	1.4 (1.1)	1.4 (1.0)
NAS (0-8)	Control	4.9 (1.0)	3.5 (1.8)	0.05
	LS	4.4 (1.1)	2.0 (1.5)

^*Control group, N=10, LS group, N=18

Data expressed as mean (SD)

^#P-value compares the mean difference between the pre- and post-treatment changes in the variables between the two groups.