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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Hepatol. 2009 Oct-Dec;8(4):346–352.

Table 3.

Comparison of NASH-CRN histological features identified in NASH, NASH cirrhosis, and hepatitis C cirrhosis.

Characteristic / N / Comparisons 1. 2. 3. P
Non-cirrhotic NASH N = 7 Non-specific Cirrhosis N = 7 Hepatitis C Cirrhosis N = 13 Group 1 vs. 2 Group 2 vs. 3
Macrovesicular steatosis 0.07 0.29
 Present (> 5%) 7 3 2
Macrovesicular steatosis 0.107 0.35
 < 5% 0 4 11
 5–33% 4 2 2
 33–66% 2 1 0
 > 66% 1 0 0
Steatosis distribution
 Zone 3 1 0 0
 Zone 1 0 0 0
 Azonal 1 7 10
 Panacinar 5 0 0
Microvesicular steatosis 1.0 1.0
 Present in contiguous patches 2 1 1
Portal Inflammation 0.03 0.35
 None 0 0 0
 Mild 6 1 0
 Greater than mild 1 6 13
Parenchymal Inflammation 1.0 0.51
 No foci 0 0 0
 < 2 foci per 200x field 2 3 3
 2–4 foci per 200x field 3 2 7
 > 4 foci per 200x field 2 2 3
Microgranuloma (present) 6 4 2 0.56 0.12
Large lipogranuloma (present) 3 5 8 0.60 1.0
Ballooned Cells (present) 7 7 5 1.0 0.015
Ballooned Cells (grade) 1.0 0.03
 None 0 0 8
 Few 2 2 2
 Man 5 5 3
Acidophil Bodies 0 0 6 0.05
Pigmented macrophages 6 5 10 1.0 1.0
Megamitochondria 2 3 0 1.0 0.03
Mallory-Denk Bodies 4 5 2 1.0 0.02
Glycogenated Nuclei 4 4 3 1.0 0.17
Fibrosis Stage
 0 0 0 0
 1 0 0 0
 2 3 0 0
 3 4 0 0
 4 0 7 13