CRP and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: As shown in Table 2, patients with NAFLD had higher C-reactive protein (119 mg/L, IQR 82–188 vs. 98 mg/L, IQR 38–134), procalcitonin (0.2 μg/L, IQR 0.09–0.42 vs. 0.09 μg/L, IQR 0.07–0.18), alanine aminotransferase (51 IU/L, IQR 34–83 vs. 34 IU/L, IQR 23–57), lactate dehydrogenase (421 IU/L, IQR 320–559 vs. 311 IU/L, IQR 237–475), and fibrinogen (6.4 g/L, IQR 5.6–7.8 vs. 5.8 g/L, IQR 5.3–6.6) on admission.