HP and metabolic syndrome: When adjusting for multiple metabolic factors, including age, BMI, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and smoking, the higher risk of increased arterial stiffness in the NAFLD (+) Hp (−) and NAFLD (+) Hp (+) groups remained (OR 1.61, 95% CI 1.15–2.26 and OR 2.23, 95% CI 1.63–3.06, respectively, Table 2).