ALB and cholestasis: In group 1, associations were observed between cholestasis severity and BMI (R = -0.3; P = 0.01) and ALB levels (R = -0.3; P = 0.01) and between severity of ductular proliferation and BMI (R = -0.3; P = 0.005) and ALB levels (R = -0.2; P = 0.04).