GPT and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: The NAFLD patients also had higher serum levels of alanine aminotransferase, γ-glutamyltransferase, triglyceride, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, fasting plasma glucose, and serum uric acid, while having lower serum HDL cholesterol levels than NAFLD-free participants (all with P < 0.001; Table 1).