NAMPT and diabetes mellitus: We proceeded by assessing whether adiponectin and visfatin can be considered as potential biomarkers in evaluating E/A ratio, LVPWT, LVEF, CIMT and interventricular septal wall thickness by conducting several univariate and multivariate linear regression models adjusted for MAFLD, gender, diabetes, mean SBP (mmHg), mean DBP (mmHg), LDL and triglycerides, as reported in Table 3.