ANGPTL8 and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: In the Spearman correlation analysis, betatrophin levels had strong positive correlations with HbA1c (r = 0.439), NAFLD status (r = 0.330), ALT (r = 0.326), HOMA-IR (r = 0.320), and fasting glucose (r = 0.310), respectively.