Collagen proportionate area correlates to hepatic venous pressure gradient in non-abstinent cirrhotic patients with alcoholic liver disease

Table 2 Histological features on transjugular liver biopsy

Variable	Controls (n = 9)	Alcohol abstinents (n = 20)	Active alcohol drinkers (n = 41)	P value (abstinent vs active alcohol drinkers)
Cirrhosis	0 (9%)	20 (100%)	41 (100%)	1.0
Marked steatosis	0 (0%)	1 (5%)	21 (51%)	0.001
Marked ballooned hepatocytes	0 (0%)	5 (26%)	25 (64%)	0.01
Marked inflammation	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (2%)	0.9
Fibrosis density (%)	0.7 (0.2-1.5)	3.8 (1.1-11.8)	8.2 (3.8-14.1)	0.17
Fibrosis category				0.48
0%-5%	9	11	15
5%-10%	0	3	9
10%-20%	0	3	12
> 20%	0	3	5