Table 3. Hepatic histological scores and lipid, BA contens, and blood chemistry.

	NcD (n = 4)	HcD (n = 5)	HcD+CA (n = 5)
Steatosis score	0.00 ± 0.00	0.40 ± 0.24	1.60 ± 0.24**#
Inflammation score	0.25 ± 0.25	0.80 ± 0.20	1.80 ± 0.20 ***##
Ballooning score	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.32*#
NAFLD score	0.25 ± 0.25	1.20 ± 0.20**	4.40 ± 0.60***###
Hepatic TG (mg/g)	4.2 ± 0.6	13.9 ± 1.4***	23.3 ± 0.3***##
Hepatic FFA (µEq/g)	3.5 ± 0.3	7.6 ± 0.6**	13.8 ± 0.6***##
Hepatic CE (mg/g)	3.3 ± 0.4	25.7 ± 1.6***	30.6 ± 1.7***#
Hepatic BA (µM/g)	0.3 ± 0.02	0.5 ± 0.08*	0.6 ± 0.20*
AST (IU/L)	41.3 ± 4.4	33.0 ± 1.2*	50.5 ± 3.0*###
ALT (IU/L)	44.7 ± 6.3	33.3 ± 1.4*	52.8 ± 9.2#
γ-GTP (IU/L)	50.3 ± 2.4	53.6 ± 2.1	74.0 ± 3.0******
ALP (IU/L)	685.8 ± 100.7	983.2 ± 135.1	1006.6 ± 68.4*

Values are means ± SE.

^*P < 0.05,

^**P < 0.01

^***P < 0.001 vs. NcD-fed µMPs;

^#P < 0.05,

^##P < 0.01

^###P < 0.001 vs. HcD-fed µMPs.