Predictors reflecting the pathological severity of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease: Comprehensive study of clinical and immunohistochemical findings in younger Asian patients

Abstract

BMI could be used to distinguish NASH from steatosis in younger Korean patients. A high BMI with a low alanine aminotransferase (ALT) value tended to suggest the presence of severe fibrosis in NASH, while the number of CD68+ Kupffer cells and the staining intensity of TNF-alpha and UCP-2 were correlated with general pathologic severity in patients with NAFLD.