In the present study, the second major finding was that baseline serum ALT level and MetS were positively associated with the cut-off point of 20.50 U/L based on the AUC, and the adjusted OR of ALT levels >36 U/L for MetS was 2.79 after correction for age, sex, alcohol drinking, BMI, serum HS-CRP, and uric acid levels. The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is metabolic syndrome.