POSTN and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: Among overweight and obese subjects, NAFLD patients showed circulating periostin value higher than their counterpart non-NAFLD subjects (126.75 ± 21.37 ng/ml vs. 75.96 ± 17.92 ng/ml, p < 0.001), whereas lean subjects did not show any significant difference in periostin levels based on NAFLD (72.65 ± 18.15 ng/ml vs. 58.59 ± 16.36 ng/ml, p = 0.259).