CD8A and steatosis: CD8+CD45RO+ lymphocyte telomere length also correlated with fibrosis stage (p <0.001), portal tract inflammatory grade (p = 0.027) and confluent necrosis (p = 0.039), but showed no evidence of correlation with interface hepatitis (p = 0.125), lobular hepatitis (p = 0.504) or steatosis (p = 0.706).