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Table 4 NASH scoring of H&E stained liver sections and fibrosis scores in Sirius Red stained liver sections

From: The effect of cocoa supplementation on hepatic steatosis, reactive oxygen species and LFABP in a rat model of NASH

 

Score

MCS

(% of cases)

MCD

(% of cases)

C1

(% of cases)

C2

(% of cases)

C3

(% of cases)

C4

(% of cases)

Steatosis

0

100%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

 

1

0%

13%

0%

0%

31%

12%

 

2

0%

17%

0%

0%

50%

19%

 

3

0%

70%

100%

100%

19%

69%

Significant

 

MCD, C1, C2, C3, C4

MCS, C3

MCS, C3

MCS, C3

MCS, MCD, C1, C2

MCS

Portal inflammation

0

88%

83%

69%

21%

94%

94%

 

1

12%

17%

31%

79%

6%

6%

Significant

 

C2

C2

C2

MCS, MCD, C1, C3, C4

C2

C2

Lobular inflammation

0

27%

8%

0%

0%

19%

0%

 

1

67%

4%

13%

13%

31%

31%

 

2

2%

57%

64%

64%

50%

56%

 

3

4%

31%

23%

23%

0%

13%

Significant

 

MCD, C2

MCS

N/S

MCS

N/S

N/S

Fibrosis

0

12.5%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

 

1A

0%

18.8%

0%

0%

0%

0%

 

1B

87.5%

62.5%

12.5%

14.3%

62.5%

37.5%

 

1C

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

 

2

0%

6.3%

62.5%

0%

37.5%

50%

 

3

0%

12.5%

25%

85.7%

0%

12.5%

 

4

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Significant

 

MCD, C1, C2, C3, C4

MCS, C1, C2, C3, C4

MCS, MCD, C2, C3, C4

MCS, MCD, C1, C3, C4

MCS, MCD, C1, C2, C4

MCS, MCD, C1, C2, C3

  1. Steatosis (0-3), portal inflammation (0-1), lobular inflammation (0-3) and fibrosis (0-4). Groups that are significantly different are listed below values, p < 0.05.