Those patients were more likely to be women, age 45–65 years, not single, physical labourers, and non-smokers, and they were more likely to work on the surface, have a highest education level of high school, engage in sedentary behaviour for <4 hours per day, have moderate or high perceived salt intake, and exhibit habitual snoring, MetS and its components, higher BMI, and elevated ALT, C-reactive protein (CRP), and serum uric acid (SUA) (Tables 1 and S1). Here, GPT is linked to metabolic syndrome.