Table 2.

Blood Biochemistry Test of 12-Week-Old Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) Rats

Group (n)	Glucose (mg/dl)	Alanine Aminotransferase (IU/L)	Hyaluronic Acid (mg/dl)
Control (12)*	164 ± 21	36.2 ± 7.8	19.6 ± 6.2
NASH (15)	382 ± 117† §	61.7 ± 32.4‡	71.5 ± 45.7§
Male (8)	349 ± 138§	71.0 ± 32.9‡	92.0 ± 53.9§
Female (7)	419 ± 83§	51.1 ± 30.6	48.1 ± 16.8§

Rats were injected with 200 mg/kg streptozotocin 2 days after birth and fed a high-fat diet.

^*Twelve-week-old normal Sprague–Dawley rats (eight males and four females). There was no statistically significant difference between males and females.

^†Statistical significance compared to controls using Fisher’s protected least significant difference test.

^‡ p < 0.05.

^§ p < 0.01.