Table 2.
Histological characteristics of NAFLD patients according to liver fibrosis (n = 41).
| Histological Features | All (n = 41) |
F0/F1 (n = 26) |
F ≥ 2 (n = 15) |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hepatic steatosis (%), median (95% CI) | 25 (10–40) | 22 (10–40) | 32 (15–45) | 0.583 |
| Lobular Inflammation (0/1/2), n (%) | 8/31/2 (19/76/5) | 6/20/- (23/77/-) | 2/11/2 (13/74/13) | 0.005 |
| Ballooning (0/1/2), n (%) | 4/21/16 (10/51/39) | 3/14/9 (11/54/35) | 1/7/7 (6/47/47) | 0.091 |
| NASH, n (%) | 31 (76) | 19 (73) | 12 (80) | 0.623 |
Note. Data are reported as median and 95% confidence interval of the median or as number and percentage. NASH, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.