Hepatic sonic hedgehog protein expression measured by computer assisted morphometry significantly correlates with features of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Table 1 Correlations between SHH or pathology scores for pericellular fibrosis, ballooning degeneration and Circulating Analytes

Circulating Factor	SHH		Ballooning Degeneration		Pericellular Fibrosis
Circulating Factor	rho	P-Value	rho	P-Value	rho	P-Value
M65	0.588	P < 0.0001	0.538	P < 0.0001	0.548	P < 0.0001
M30	0.375	P = 0.001	0.483	P < 0.0001	0.525	P < 0.0001
AST	0.43	P < 0.0004	0.41	P < 0.0004	0.50	P < 0.0001
ALT	0.27	P < 0.03	0.18	P = 0.07	0.31	P = 0.01

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