GPT and metabolic syndrome: Systolic blood pressure (SBP, P < 0.001), DBP (P = 0.016), body weight, BMI, WC, and WHR, the rates of hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hyperuricemia, and MetS, liver injury makers ALT, AST, and GGT levels, glucose metabolic markers, FPG, FINS, HMOA-IR, and HbA1c also increased with the increasing degree of hepatic fibrosis (all P < 0.001).