Table 1.

Liver nonalcoholic fatty liver activity score including steatosis, ballooning, and lobular inflammation

Group	n	Steatosis	Ballooning	Lobular inflammation	NAS
Control	12	-	0.13 ± 0.091	0.06 ± 0.066	0.20 ± 0.145
HF	12	3.00b	1.92 ± 0.083b	0.75 ± 0.217b	5.67 ± 0.225b
HF + NaB	12	2.17 ± 0.112bc	1.75 ± 0.131b	0.50 ± 0.150b	4.42 ± 0.358bd

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs control;

^cP < 0.05,

^dP < 0.01 vs HF. NAS: Nonalcoholic fatty liver activity score.