No significant differences were found in gender, age, mean BMI, systolic BP, diastolic BP, ALT, AST, ALP, GGT, total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, uric acid, fasting glucose, fasting insulin, HOMA-IR, NAFLD or ferritin in the subjects with ET (30.28 ± 5.19) versus those with HT. The gene discussed is GPT; the disease is metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.