Table 3.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease activity score (NAS)

	Week	MF	HFCD	MF + DEN	HFCD + DEN
NAS	4	0	0.6 ± 0.9	0.6 ± 0.6	1.3 ± 0.5
	8	0	0.8 ± 0.8	0.4 ± 0.6	1.2 ± 1.6
	12	0	2.6 ± 1.7	1 ± 0	3 ± 2.0
	16	0.2 ± 0.5	4.6 ± 2.2	1 ± 0	5.2 ± 1.3
	20	0	5.2 ± 0.5	1 ± 0	5.4 ± 0.6
	24	0	6.2 ± 0.8	1 ± 0	5.6 ± 0.6

Each group contained five mice. MF standard diet, HFCD high-fat choline-deficient diet, DEN diethylnitrosamine