Some risk factors associated to fibrosis by bivariate analysis (Table 3) were the same as those associated with NASH: Mean value of AST, mean value of ALT, ALT > 1.5 times the ULN, mean value of TG, TG ≥ 150 mg/dL and mean value of glucose. This evidence concerns the gene GPT and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.