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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Hepatol. 2011 Feb 19;55(4):770–776. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.01.035

Table 3.

Spine and Hip Z-scores (Mean/STD) by Fibrosis and Inflammation Category (n=179)

Fibrosis Inflammation*
None
(n=38)		 Grade
1
(n=68)		 Grade
2
(n=19)		 Grade
3
(n=12)		 Grade
4
(n=60)		 Quintile
1
(n=31)		 Quintile
2
(n=31)		 Quintile
3
(n=33)		 Quintile
4
(n=27)		 Quintile
5
(n=25)
Spine
Z-score		 −1.10
(1.33)		 −0.63
(1.60)		 −0.91
(1.18)		 −0.77
(2.16)		 −0.86
(1.61)		 −0.97
(1.48)		 −0.75
(1.54)		 −0.67
(1.64)		 −0.99
(1.61)		 −0.72
(1.41)
Femoral
Neck Z-
score		 −0.25
(0.95)		 −0.05
(1.00)		 −0.006
(0.99)		 −0.15
(1.28)		 −0.33
(1.18)		 −0.13
(0.95)		 −0.02
(1.13)		 −0.23
(0.87)		 −0.20
(1.16)		 0.06
(0.88)
Total
Hip Z-
score		 −0.42
(0.85)		 −0.34
(0.96)		 −0.32
(1.05)		 −0.36
(1.34)		 −0.59
(1.14)		 −0.34
(0.89)		 −0.32
(1.02)		 −0.41
(1.06)		 −0.42
(1.03)		 −0.27
(0.82)

Those with known cirrhosis on previous biopsy were considered to be Metavir grade 4

*

Quintile 1= MHAI 1 and 2

Quintile 2=MHAI 3

Quintile 3=MHAI 4

Quintile 4=MHAI 5

Quintile 5=MHAI 6,7,8