Table 3. Pathological features of liver between groups at week 16.

¹⁾ Results for steatosis are means ± SD.

MF, Moderate-fat; HF, High-fat; HS, High-sucrose; HFr, High-fructose. "a,b,c,d," refer to differences between groups (P < 0.05). Small "a" refers to the MF group, small "b" refers to the HF group, small "c" refers to HS group, small "d" refers to the HFr group.

²⁾ Results for macrovacuolar and microvesicular steatosis are given as number of rats presenting mild + (<33% of hepatocytes), moderate++ (33-66% of hepatocytes) or severe +++ (>66% of hepatocytes).

³⁾ Necroinflammation and fibrosis are given as number of rats presenting a score of 0, 1 or 2 respectively.

⁴⁾ Results for NAS are given as number of rats presenting scores of 0-2, 3-4 or 5-8 respectively. NAS, Non alcoholic fatty liver disease activity score.