showed a trendp = 0.09
Individual components of the NAS score showed a trend to greater steatosis (2.7 versus 2.2, p = 0.09), no difference in hepatocyte ballooning (1.1 versus 0.7, p>0.2) and a significant increase in lobular inflammation (0.9±0.3 versus 0.3±0.2, p<0.05, Fig 2C ).