INS and Insulin resistance: Patients with NAFLD were on average older than those without NAFLD and healthy controls, and had higher waist circumference (WC) as well as higher values for systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP), higher triglycerides, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), uric acid, fasting glucose, insulin levels and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) values, and lower high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) concentrations.