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Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2014 Jan 25;59(7):1617–1624. doi: 10.1007/s10620-014-3031-8

Table 3.

Correlations between clinical and histologic factors and oxNASH

Factor	rho (95% CI)	p-value
ALT (U/L)	0.12 (−0.06,0.30)	0.18
Albumin (g/dL)	−0.03 (−0.22,0.17)	0.79
Platelet (× 10³/μL)	−0.03 (−0.22,0.16)	0.76
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.09 (−0.09,0.27)	0.31
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	0.13 (−0.05,0.31)	0.16
HDL (mg/dL)	−0.04 (−0.22,0.14)	0.64
LDL (mg/dL)	0.08 (−0.10,0.26)	0.4
Steatosis	0.22 (0.04,0.40)	*0.016*
Ballooning	0.35 (0.18,0.52)	*<0.001*
Inflammation	0.40 (0.23,0.57)	*<0.001*
Fibrosis	0.29 (0.12,0.47)	*0.001*
NAS	0.36 (0.19,0.53)	*<0.001*

rho: Spearman’s correlation coefficient; CI: confidence interval; p-value tests null hypothesis of rho=0; bold p-values are statistically significant.