With further adjustment for insulin and OADs use, FPG, HbA1c, TG, TC, HDL-C, LDL-C, eGFR, and HOMA-IR (model 3), the ORs for NAFLD in the 2nd and 3rd tertiles were 2.93 and 3.93, respectively (P for trend = 0.003). The gene discussed is INS; the disease is metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.