When the effect of HCV coinfection on LF was analyzed by logistic regression analysis, adjusting for age, gender, HIV infection length, CDC stage, current HIV load, Zenith HIV load, cART, BMI, current HCV load, AST, ALT, GGT and lipid profile, the variables significantly associated with increased LF were: HCV coinfection, older age and high AST values (Table 4). Here, GPT is linked to coinfection.