Table 2.
Effect of treatment with simvastatin on ballooning in mice livers with NASH induced by a MCD diet.
| Cross table | Developed the balonization or no | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Without simvastatin | With simvastatin | |||
| Ballooning | None | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Few balloon cells | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Many cell prominent ballooning | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| Value | df | Significance | ||
| Pearson's test (chi-square) | 11.000a | 2 | .004 | |
| Likelihood ratio | 14.230 | 2 | .001 | |
| Linear by linear association | 9860 | 1 | .002 | |
| 16 | 16 | |||
a3 cells (50%) expected a score < 5. The minimum score is 3. Pearson's correlation. P < 0.05.