GPT and Insulin resistance: A case-control study of fibrosis (ie, not including steatosis alone) in adults aged 30–70 years (n=213 with fibrosis) by Taharboucht et al32 also reported greater cIMT and greater carotid-femoral PWV in the presence of fibrosis, even after the adjustment for age, sex, smoking, abdominal obesity, overall obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, GGT, ALT, insulin resistance, and CRP.