We performed the Cox proportional hazards regression analysis for the hazard ratios of IFG in the second to fourth quartiles of serum ALT compared with the lowest quartile after we adjusted for traditional and novel risk factors (age, gender, BMI, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, alcohol consumption per week, current smokers, and uric acid; Table 3). The gene discussed is GPT; the disease is hyperlipidemia.