Table 2 Comparison of histological scores and NASH between the study groups.

From: Hyperinsulinemia shifted energy supply from glucose to ketone bodies in early nonalcoholic steatohepatitis from high-fat high-sucrose diet induced Bama minipigs

Item

Category

Control group (n = 6)

HFHSD group (n = 6)

Steatosis

 Grade

0 (0–4%)

4*

0

1 (5%–33%)

2

1

2 (34%–66%)

0

3

3 (67%–100%)

0

2

 Location

Zone 3

0

1

Zone 1

0

3

Azonal

0

2

 Type

Macro-vacuolar

0

1

Micro-vesicular

2

5

Inflammation

 Lobular inflammation

0 (no foci)

0

0

1 (<2 foci)

All minipigs

0

2 (2–4 foci)

0

4

3 (>4 foci)

0

2

 Portal inflammation

 

0

All minipigs

Hepatic glycogen

 Location

None

5

0

Zone 3

0

4

Zone 1

1

2

NAS

 

0–2

6

1

3–4

0

4

5–8

0

1

  1. *Results are represented as the number of individuals from each group. Abbreviations: NAS: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease activity score.