CD4+CD45RO+ lymphocyte telomere length correlated with fibrosis stage (p <0.001, Fig. 2B), portal tract inflammation grade (p = 0.035) and confluent necrosis (p = 0.036), but there was no evidence of correlation with interface hepatitis (p = 0.34), lobular hepatitis (p = 0.84) or steatosis (p = 0.76). The gene discussed is CD4; the disease is steatosis.