Besides, RHBDF1, COL3A1, QSOX1, STING1, COL5A1, IGFBP7, COL4A2, COL1A1, FKBP10 and COL1A2 also showed a strong power in the diagnosis of NAFLD. This evidence concerns the gene COL3A1 and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.