Table 3.

Correlations between Ultrasound Score and Clinical/Histological Factors

Factor	rho	95% CI	P value
Steatosis	0.80	(0.71,0.88)	<0.001
Ballooning	0.4	(0.28,0.53)	<0.001
Inflammation	0.1	(−0.03,0.24)	0.14
NAS	0.65	(0.54,0.75)	<0.001
Fibrosis	0.19	(0.06,0.33)	0.006
MS Components	−0.04	(−0.18,0.09)	0.52
Age I° visit	0.26	(0.13,0.39)	<0.001
BMI Percentile	0.03	(<0.11,0.17)	0.69
WC	0.3	(0.17,0.43)	<0.001
WC Percentile	0.15	(0.01,0.28)	0.034
BMI	0.19	(0.05,0.32)	0.006
Systolic BP	0.04	(−0.10,0.17)	0.59
Diastolic BP	0.09	(−0.04,0.23)	0.18
Cholesterol	0.08	(−0.06,0.21)	0.28
Triglycerides	0.06	(−0.08,0.20)	0.38
ALT	0.02	(−0.11,0.16)	0.75
AST	0.01	(−0.13,0.14)	0.94
GGT	0.15	(0.01,0.29)	0.031
Bilirubin	−0.16	(−0.30,−0.03)	0.019
Albumin	−0.05	(−0.18,0.09)	0.5
HOMA-IR	0.16	(0.03,0.30)	0.019
ISI	−0.1	(−0.24,0.04)	0.15
QUICKI	−0.15	(−0.29,−0.02)	0.026

rho: Spearman’s correlation coefficient

CI: confidence interval