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Methods: We performed a prospective study on patients with histologically established non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and no other hepatic disease. Each patient underwent a testing protocol, which included a clinical exam, laboratory blood tests, standard abdominal ultrasound, and a 13C-Octanoate breath test. Results: The study group included: 82 patients with steatohepatitis, 64 patients with simple steatosis, and 21 healthy volunteers. The univariate and bivariate analysis identified that significant values were the percent dose recovery (PDR) at 15 min\u2014r = 0.65 (AUROC = 0.902) and cumulative percent dose recovery (cPDR) at 120 min\u2014r = 0.69 (AUROC = 0.899). Discussion: Our study showed that 13C-OBT had good efficacy for identifying patients with NASH from those with NAFL (steatosis alone) but not those with NAFL from healthy subjects. 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