Furthermore, regardless of sex, NAFLD patients exhibited significantly elevated BMI, WC, WHtR, LAP, CMI, WBC, SBP, DBP, TG, TC, LDL-C, FPG, ALT, AST, GGT, and UA and reduced HDL-C, relative to non-NAFLD participants. Here, GPT is linked to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.