INS and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: As observed in Table 2, the mean age, BMI, waist circumference, serum ALT, AST, GGT, triglyceride levels, fasting serum insulin, and HOMA–IR were significantly higher and adiponectin and HDL-C values were significantly lower in subjects with than without NAFLD, considered globally, using the unpaired Student’s two-tailed t-test or non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test, as appropriate.