On the contrary, there was a significant difference in total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, total triglycerides, albumin-creatinine ratio, ALT, AST, total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, serum albumin, GGT, alfa fetoprotein, fasting blood glucose, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C) and HOMA-IR between the NAFLD, simple steatosis, NASH and healthy control groups (p ˂ 0.01) (Table 1). The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.