“… alanine … pioglitazone , as compared with placebo (p <0.001 for both comparisons), and both agents were associated with reductions in hepatic steatosis (p = 0.005 for … = 0.004 for pioglitazone) but not with improvement in fibrosis scores (p = 0.24 for vitamin E and p = 0.72 for pioglitazone).”