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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Hepatol. 2012 Apr 17;57(2):384–391. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2012.03.024

Table 2.

Prevalence and Adjusted* Odds ratio for Histological Features in Lifetime non-drinkers and Modest Drinkers

Life Time Non Drinker Modest Drinker Adjusted Summary Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) p
Steatohepatitis None 16.3% 22.7% 0.52(0.36 – 0.76) 0.0006
Borderline 13.9% 24.2%
Definite 69.8% 53.2%
Macrovesicular Steatosis 5–33% 44.8% 41.7% 1.11(0.79 – 1.55) 0.56
34–66% 32.9% 35.6%
>66% 22.2% 22.7%
Microvesicular Steatosis Absent 86.1% 92.7% 0.57(0.31 – 1.06) 0.57
Present 13.9% 7.3%
Lobular Inflammation* <2 foci 52.2% 51.1% 1.09(0.77 – 1.55) 0.63
2–4 foci 37.3% 36.0%
>4 foci 10.7% 13.0%
Portal Inflammation None 9.5% 18.7% 0.69(0.48 – 1.00) 0.052
mild 64.3% 62.8%
>mild 26.2% 18.4%
Fibrosis Stage 0 19.9% 30.0% 0.56(0.41 – 0.78) 0.0005
1 24.7% 33.6%
2 22.3% 15.6%
3 20.3% 14.7%
4 12.7% 6.1%
Ballooning Degeneration None 25.8% 37.8% 0.62(0.45 – 0.87) 0.006
Few 26.2% 26.3%
Many 48.0% 36.0%
Mallory-Denk bodies Rare/absent 65.1% 74.9% 0.65(0.43 – 0.97) 0.04
Many 34.9% 25.1%
Acidophil Bodies Rare/absent 71.0% 68.3% 1.16(0.79 – 1.72) 0.46
Many 29.0% 31.7%
Large Lipogranulomas Absent 57.5% 61.3% 0.73(0.50 – 1.07) 0.11
Present 42.5% 38.7%
Megamitochondria Rare/absent 81.7% 87.0% 0.71(0.43 – 1.18) 0.19
Many 18.3% 13.0%

Multivariate models adjusted for gender, age, race, income, education BMI, recreational and non-recreational physical activity, smoking, total calories per day, percent calories from carbohydrates and percent calories from fat

*

Foci per 200x field

Fibrosis stage 0 = none, stage 1 = perisinusoidal or periportal, stage 2 = perisinusoidal and portal / periportal, stage 3 = bridging fibrosis, stage 4 = cirrhosis