Progression of diet induced nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is accompanied by increased expression of kruppel-like-factor 10 in mice

Table 4 Effect of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) administration on diet induced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) activity score (NAS) and fibrosis score

Age diet	48 SD^†(n = 8)	48 HFSD^‡(n = 8)	48 HFSD/UDCA (n = 8)
NAS^§	0.00 ± 0.00	8.17 ± 0.40*	4.00 ± 0.44* ^, **
Fibrosis	0.00 ± 0.00	2.42 ± 0.08*	2.07 ± 0.53*

Data are expressed as mean ± standard error (SE).
^†SD, standard chow is considered as standard diet.
^‡HFSD, high fat and sucrose diet.
^§NAS, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease activity score, which is the summation of the pathologic scores for steatosis, inflammation and hepatic ballooning.
*P < 0.05, when compared with mice given SD.
**P < 0.05, when compared with mice given HFSD.
Results with statistical significances are shown in bold letters.

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