Variables including age, body mass index (BMI), hypertension, fasting glucose, 2 h glucose, haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST), were taken as independent variables, and the LSM value was taken as the dependent variable after adjustment for the histopathological degree of liver fibrosis, ballooning and inflammation, as shown in Table 3. This evidence concerns the gene GPT and Hepatic fibrosis.