After adjusting for potential confounders, the adjusted ORs (AORs) and 95%CI for MAFLD, severe steatosis, and severe fibrosis remained increased across the hsCRP quartiles in three models (age, gender, and BMI involved in Model 1; age, gender, BMI, ALT, AST, and γ-GT involved in Model 2; age, gender, BMI, ALT, AST, γ-GT, TC, TG, HDL-C, LDL-C, LnFINS, and LnHOMA-IR involved in Model 3) (Table 3). Here, GPT is linked to steatosis.