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We hypothesized that a standardized measurement of abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (ASAT) might be a good noninvasive method for differentiating steatohepatitis from steatosis.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:italic>Design<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\u2014Consecutive complete adult postmortem cases were studied and liver sections were assessed with a steatohepatitis scoring system. Spleen weight, ASAT, and clinical information were obtained. Spleen histology was assessed in a subset of patients having splenomegaly in the absence of cirrhosis.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\u2014Patients with human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C virus, and appreciable alcohol use were excluded. Of 306 cases, the frequency of fatty liver was 51.6% with 33.3% having simple steatosis and 18.3%, having steatohepatitis. Mean ASAT was 3.7 cm in the steatohepatitis group versus 2.6 cm in the steatosis group (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; .001); this difference was greater in patients with a BMI less than 25 kg\/m\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    = .05). Fibrocongestive splenomegaly was noted in 9 of 38 patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (24%) in the absence of cirrhosis.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:italic>Conclusions<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\u2014In this series of autopsy cases, a dramatic increase in the prevalence of fatty liver disease is demonstrated. Thicker ASAT is associated more with steatohepatitis than with simple steatosis, especially in patients with BMI below 25 kg\/m\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    . Fibrocongestive splenomegaly may occur in the absence of cirrhosis in the presence of steatohepatitis.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5858\/arpa.2012-0050-oa","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,4,29]],"date-time":"2013-04-29T14:08:53Z","timestamp":1367244533000},"page":"642-646","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Increased Thickness of Abdominal Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Occurs More Frequently in Steatohepatitis Than in Simple Steatosis"],"prefix":"10.5858","volume":"137","author":[{"given":"M. Isabel","family":"Fiel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Lillian and Henry M. Stratton-Hans Popper Department of Pathology (Drs Fiel, Desman, and Lento) and the Division of Liver Diseases (Drs Sima and Schiano), Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York; and the Department of Medicine, Imam Reza Hospital (Dr Sima) and the Division of Statistics (Mr Azarian), Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hamid Reza","family":"Sima","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Lillian and Henry M. Stratton-Hans Popper Department of Pathology (Drs Fiel, Desman, and Lento) and the Division of Liver Diseases (Drs Sima and Schiano), Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York; and the Department of Medicine, Imam Reza Hospital (Dr Sima) and the Division of Statistics (Mr Azarian), Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Garrett","family":"Desman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Lillian and Henry M. Stratton-Hans Popper Department of Pathology (Drs Fiel, Desman, and Lento) and the Division of Liver Diseases (Drs Sima and Schiano), Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York; and the Department of Medicine, Imam Reza Hospital (Dr Sima) and the Division of Statistics (Mr Azarian), Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Amirabbas","family":"Azarian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Lillian and Henry M. 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