Table 3.
Increased Liver Injury With Fast Food Diet, but Not With Fpn1 Deletion
| Control diet |
Fast food diet |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flox | FKO | P | Flox | FKO | P | |
| NAS (0–8) | 4 (0–6) | 2 (0–5) | NS | 6 (5–7) | 6 (5–7) | NS |
| Steatosis (0–3) | 2.5 (0–3) | 1.5 (0–3) | NS | 3 (3–3) | 3 (3–3) | NS |
| Lobular inflammation (0–3) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | NS | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | NS |
| Ballooning (0–2) | 1.5 (0–2) | 0.5 (0–2) | NS | 2 (2–2) | 2 (2–2) | NS |
| Fibrosis (0–4) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–2) | NS | 2 (1–2) | 2 (2–2) | NS |
NOTE. Median score (range) for NAS (score, 0–8), macrovesicular steatosis (grade, 0–3), lobular inflammation (grade, 0–3), ballooning (grade, 0–2), fibrosis (grade, 0–4). P value was the result of Mann–Whitney tests comparing genotypes for each diet (n = 8–12 per group).
NAS, NAFLD activity score.