Role of micronutrients in staging of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A retrospective cross-sectional study

Table 3 Serum levels of micronutrients and liver histopathological analysis

		Vitamin D, pg/mL	Vitamin B12, pg/mL	Zinc, mg/L	Iron, mcg/dL	Magnesium, mg/dL
Steatosis	Absent/mild	21	394	6.6	78	2.0
	Advanced	19	418	6.6	79	2.1
	P value	0.008	0.134	0.618	0.814	0.961
NASH	Absent/mild	21	402	6.6	77	2.1
	Advanced	18	403	6.5	79	2.0
	P value	0.135	0.960	0.900	0.726	0.562
Fibrosis	Absent/mild	20	402	6.6	78	2.1
	Advanced	17	477	6.8	83	2.0
	P value	0.182	0.030	0.858	0.457	0.149

Mann-Whitney test. Absent/mild steatosis: Grades 0, 1 and 2; Advanced steatosis: Grade 3; Absent/mild NASH: Grades 0, 1 and 2; Advanced NASH: Grade 3; Absent/mild fibrosis: Grades 0, 1 and 2; Advanced fibrosis: Grades 3 and 4. NASH: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.