GPT and inflammatory response: As for the nine remaining investigated features of the histological scoring system (Fig. S4 in the Online Resource), significant relationships were found inter alia between (i) acidophil bodies and AST as well as ALT, (ii) large lipogranulomas and age as well as platelets, (iii) Mallory's hyaline and e.g. AST, ALT, GGT, α1-antitrypsin as well as HbA1c, glucose and platelets, (iv) portal chronic inflammation and platelets, portal hypertension, as well as (with < 25% coverage of the score range) age and AST/ALT, and also between (v) microgranulomas and portal hypertension.