INS and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: Fasting blood glucose levels were significantly higher in NAFLD patients, with fasting insulin levels also being positively related to severity of steatosis (Table 1, steatosis grade 3 vs. controls: +23.2 mU/L, grade 3 vs. grade 2: +12.7 mU/L, grade 3 vs. grade 1: 16.4 mU/L, p < 0.05 for all comparisons).