Clinical and serological characteristics of NAFLD patients with mild and severe liver inflammation.

Numbers represent the mean ± SD. Abbreviations: AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model for the assessment of insulin resistance. P values correspond to the comparison between grade 0–1 liver inflammation and grade 2–3 liver inflammation in NAFLD patients using the Student’s t-test for continuous factors.