Table 1

Demographic, histological, and metabolic parameters in the 19 subjects undergoing weight reduction

				Alcohol intake (g/wk)		Liver histology				Waist (cm)		BMI (kg/m²)		ALT (U/l)		Insulin (mU/l)		HOMA score
Pt No	Sex	Age (y)	Viral genotype	Pre	Post	Steatosis*	Fibrosis†	Inflamm‡	% wt loss	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre	Post
*Grade of steatosis (0–3). †Stage of fibrosis (modified Knodell 0–6). ‡Inflammatory score (modified Knodell 0–18). §Asian descent. ¶Recent weight gain of 10 kg. n/d, not determined.
1	M	42	3	0	0	3	1	5	10.8	96	85	25	23	111	72	9	11	2.16	2.84
2	M	45	1	10	0	3	5	3	7.8	104	90	30	28	90	140	n/d	12	n/d	2.40
3	M	41	3	10	0	3	4	5	9.7	99	88	28	25	147	102	9	6	1.72	1.79
4	F	43	1	40	0	1	2	6	5.8	106	87	32	31	48	37	10	5	2.13	1.09
5	M	42	3	0	0	3	4	5	11.2	110	101	34	31	182	53	16	8	3.84	1.96
6	F	42	1	0	0	2	3	5	12.7	92	90	33	29	128	43	n/d	12	n/d	2.56
7	M	30	3	10	10	2	1	3	8.2	102	95	27	25	164	69	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
8	M	42	1	0	0	1	6	3	7.8	119	101	31	29	320	148	11	6	2.05	1.28
9	M	41	1	0	0	1	4	6	7.4	96	88	27	26	97	111	18	6	5.92	1.47
10	M	42	1	5	0	1	5	5	7.6	101	89	27	25	65	78	15	9	3.07	1.80
11	F	49	2	0	0	3	3	4	4.4	90	85	26	25	67	31	23	17	6.24	4.53
12	F	47	1	0	0	2	6	4	4.5	114	100	38	36	151	79	33	18	14.5	4.40
13	M	67	1	25	5	2	3	5	2.5	93	82	24§	23	176	164	12	13	2.40	3.06
14	F	29	3	5	5	2	3	6	3.9	74	70	21¶	20	179	86	14	8	3.05	1.74
15	F	43	3	5	5	3	1	2	2.4	104	101	40	39	147	81	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
16	F	50	3	0	0	1	2	3	4.0	90	85	34	32	53	48	17	n/d	4.08	n/d
17	F	51	1	10	10	2	3	7	3.8	116	112	37	36	334	320	29	18	5.80	3.04
18	M	45	1	10	0	1	1	4	9.5	105	97	31	28	94	68	15	12	3.87	2.83
19	M	33	1	0	0	1	3	3	2.6	102	97	29	28	57	47	12	14	2.61	3.05