TNF and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis: In patients with NASH, there was a moderate positive correlation between values of CRP and IL-6 (r = 0.302, p = 0.014), IL-6 and TNF-α (r = 0.297, p = 0.015), and a strong one between CRP and TNF-α (r = 0.528, p < 0.001).