Characteristics of patients included and univariate analysis of routine indicators according to hepatic inflammation grade.

Data are means ± SD or number of patients (%).P values are acquired by one-way analysis of variance or the nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous variables depending on the data distribution, and by Pearson χ2 for categoric variables.ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; TBIL: total bilirubin; DBIL: direct bilirubin; TP: total protein; GGT: γ-glutamyl transpeptidase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; TBA: total bile acid; PTA: prothrombin activity.