Fatty liver, carotid disease and gallstones: A study of age-related associations

Table 6 NAFLD. Hepatic histological findings in NAFLD patients with normal carotid findings, intima-media thickening (IMT) and atherosclerotic carotid plaques¹

Hepatic histology	Carotid findings
	Normal n (%)	IMT n (%)	Plaques n (%)	p
Inflammatory grade
0	2 (29)	1 (10)	2 (33)
1	3 (43)	5 (50)	2 (33)
2	2 (29)	2 (20)	2 (33)
3	0 (0)	2 (20)	0 (0)	0.5162
Fibrosis stage
0	5 (71)	7 (70)	5 (83)
1	1 (14)	1 (10)	1 (17)
2	1 (14)	2 (20)	0
3	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0.7622
Steatosis extent (%)	45.8 ± 9.9	51.0 ± 8.9	23.00 ± 5.4	0.1313

¹23 of 65 NAFLD patients underwent liver biopsy; 7 had normal findings, 10 IMT, and 6 carotid plaques.

²Kruskall-Wallis test;

³One way analysis of variance.