BMI, waist circumference, diastolic blood pressure, ALT, AST, TG, HDL-C, and creatinine were also independent factors related with incident NAFLD; whereas age, systolic blood pressure, GGT, TC, LDL-C and FPG were excluded during the multivariable analysis (Table 3). This evidence concerns the gene GPT and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.