GPT and metabolic syndrome: In obese group, ORs for elevated ALT or elevated AST in subjects with high TG and high total cholesterol were significantly higher than ORs in those without these metabolic abnormalities Relationship between elevated ALT and the number of the metabolic syndrome components showed that the prevalence of metabolic syndrome components in children/adolescents who had ultrasonographic examinations with 0, 1, 2, and ≥ 3 risk factors were 19.7%, 40.5%, 33.4%, and 6.4%, respectively.