Association Between Puberty and Features of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease  Ayako Suzuki, Manal F. Abdelmalek, Jeffrey B. Schwimmer, Joel E. Lavine, Ann O. Scheimann, Aynur Unalp–Arida, Katherine P. Yates, Arun J. Sanyal, Cynthia D. Guy, Anna Mae Diehl  Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology  Volume 10, Issue 7, Pages 786-794 (July 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.01.020 Copyright © 2012 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Associations of pubertal development with steatosis, steatohepatitis, Mallory–Denk bodies, and portal inflammation in total population. Illustrations show the associations of pubertal stages (horizontal axis) with prevalence of up to mild (grades 0–1), moderate (grade 2), and severe (grade 3) steatosis (left upper); prevalence of none (simple steatosis), borderline steatohepatitis zone 3 (or adult pattern), borderline steatohepatitis zone 1 (pediatric pattern), and definite steatohepatitis (right upper); prevalence of severe (grade 2) portal inflammation (right lower); and prevalence of Mallory–Denk bodies (left lower). P values are from exact tests. SH, steatohepatitis. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2012 10, 786-794DOI: (10.1016/j.cgh.2012.01.020) Copyright © 2012 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions