HAMP and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: In the whole population (r:0.241, p = 0.013) there was a direct correlation between serum ferritin and serum hepcidin concentration, as also observed in the DIOS (r:0.38, p = 0.0082), C-Donors (r:0.837, p<0.0001) and C-NAFLD (r:0.552, p = 0.033) groups.