Table 1.
Liver attenuation and liver enzymes by steatosis/steatohepatitis status
| Overall (n = 81) | Steatosis/Steatohepatitis | |||
| Liver attenuation (HU) | Yes (n = 11) | No (n = 70) | p value – Between groups | |
| Baseline | 58.44 | 46.67 | 60.29 | < 0.001* |
| Post-treatment | 60.60 | 54.83 | 61.51 | 0.460 |
| ∆ Post-treatment/Baseline | 2.17 | 8.16 | 1.22 | 0.165 |
| p value – ∆ Post-treatment/Baseline | 0.055 | 0.103 | 0.247 | - |
| Overall (n = 101) | Steatosis/Steatohepatitis | |||
| Liver enzymes (AST) | Yes (n = 31) | No (n = 70) | p value – Between groups | |
| Baseline | 27.57 | 37.74 | 23.07 | 0.003* |
| Post-treatment | 22.92 | 26.35 | 21.40 | 0.014 |
| Last follow up | 26.12 | 31.19 | 23.40 | 0.057 |
| ∆ Post-treatment/Baseline | -4.75 | -11.39 | -1.67 | 0.044 |
| p value – ∆ Post-treatment/Baseline | 0.005* | 0.018 | 0.114 | - |
| Overall (n = 101) | Steatosis/Steatohepatitis | |||
| Liver enzymes (ALT) | Yes (n = 31) | No (n = 70) | p value – Between groups | |
| Baseline | 28.76 | 45.52 | 21.34 | 0.007* |
| Post-treatment | 24.20 | 32.03 | 20.73 | 0.009* |
| Last follow up | 25.28 | 28.13 | 24.03 | 0.332 |
| ∆ Post-treatment/Baseline | -4.75 | -13.48 | -0.61 | 0.093 |
| p value – ∆ Post-treatment/Baseline | 0.076 | 0.073 | 0.710 | - |
Note. Statistical comparisons were conducted with independent t-tests for intergroup comparisons and paired t-tests for intragroup comparisons. HU Hounsfield unit
*Statistically significant at p < 0.05/k (k = number of tests performed) after Bonferroni correction for multiple testing