Among the NASH group the 72 patients (86%) were males; the mean age was 41 ± 13, the mean body mass index was 25.3 ± 4.7, patients who meet the criteria of metabolic syndrome were 88 patients (72%), and the mean C-reactive protein level was 1.1 ± 0.7. This evidence concerns the gene CRP and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.