The results showed that the risk of NAFLD in the HSD17B13 rs72613567: TA allelic variant group was lower than that of individuals without the TA allelic variant (TA vs T OR = 0.600, 95% CI = 0.464–0.777, P = 0.000; Fig. 6). This evidence concerns the gene HSD17B13 and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.