MMP7 and diabetes mellitus: The standardised coefficients of MMP7, HA, PIIINP and TIMP1 in the model predicting LSM ≥ 8.2 were 0.16, 0.20, 0.10 and 0.44 (0.19, 0.36, 0.028 and 0.36 when adjusted for gender, age, BMI and Diabetes), indicating that TIMP1 is the strongest predictor of LSM ≥ 8.2 and PIIINP is the weakest predictor in a multivariable model in this cohort (Table 5).