Among patients achieving SVR, at 24 weeks post-IFN-based therapy, sex and BMI were associated with leptin, adiponectin, and PAI-1 levels; hepatic steatosis and the aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index with adiponectin levels; and the HOMA-IR score and HCV genotype with PAI-1 levels [62]. This evidence concerns the gene LEP and Hepatic steatosis.