HP and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: When we compared the metabolic parameters including total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-cholesterol, fasting glucose and waist circumference according to the presence of Hp, serum levels of HDL cholesterol significantly decreased in subjects with Hp-seropositivity compared to Hp-seronegativity in both groups with and without NAFLD defined by CAP≥248 dB/m (P<0.001, Table 4).