Interestingly, in such population-based cohort study of 2,212 German men and women aged 45 to 81 years, the investigators have shown that NAFLD on ultrasonography was significantly associated with an increased risk of prevalent AVS (adjusted OR 1.32, 95% CI 4–66; p = 0.02) even after controlling for several established CVD risk factors and potential confounders, including estimated GFR, C-reactive protein, serum ferritin, and white blood cells [13]. Here, CRP is linked to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.