Table 3.

Results of Spearman correlation coefficients

Serum lipid (mmol/l)	Mild steatosis	Moderate steatosis	Severe steatosis	CR	P
Triglyceride	1.16 ± 0.27	1.73 ± 0.23	3.07 ± 0.56	0.71059*	0.0213
Cholesterol	3.08 ± 0.55	4.16 ± 0.26	4.87 ± 0.37	0.69955*	0.0243
High-density lipoprotein	0.82 ± 0.19	0.84 ± 0.20	1.10 ± 0.35	0.34871*	0.3234
Low-density lipoprotein	1.72 ± 0.32	2.44 ± 0.55	2.37 ± 0.65	0.40793*	0.2419
Free fatty acids	1.13 ± 0.22	0.65 ± 0.41	1.32 ± 0.38	0.11916*	0.7430

CR correlation coefficient

* Spearman correlation analysis