GPT and steatosis: Figure 1 represents the distributions of sTNFR2 levels among patients with different iron deposition patterns. Serum sTNFR2 levels were significantly higher in the REC group than in the other groups and were significantly higher in the Mix group than in the HC group. Serum sTNFR2 levels were significantly correlated with age, serum levels of AST, ALT, and ferritin, and hepatic scores of stage, grade, steatosis, and REC iron (Table 3). On regression analysis, age and hepatic scores of grade and REC iron were independently correlated with sTNFR2 levels (Table 3).