Retinol-Binding Protein 4: A Promising Circulating Marker of Liver Damage in Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease  Valerio Nobili, Naim Alkhouri, Anna Alisi, Simonetta Ottino, Rocio Lopez, Melania Manco, Ariel E. Feldstein  Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology  Volume 7, Issue 5, Pages 575-579 (May 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2008.12.031 Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Serum RBP4 levels according to the severity of NAFLD. Vertical axis shows the serum RBP levels in mg/dL and the horizontal axis shows the patient groups. The box represents the interquartile range (25th and 75th percentiles) from the median (the horizontal line), the bars represent the 95% confidence interval. A stepwise decrease of serum RPB4 levels were noted from patients with simple steatosis (3.8 mg/dL) to patients with borderline diagnosis (2.9 mg/dL) to patients with definitive NASH (1.9 mg/dL). Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2009 7, 575-579DOI: (10.1016/j.cgh.2008.12.031) Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions