GPT and type 2 diabetes mellitus: In Table 1, compared to patients with constant TC levels before and after T2D diagnosis, patients whose TC levels increased after T2D diagnosis tended to have higher BMI, lower engagement in physical activity, higher blood pressure, higher fasting serum glucose, higher aspartate transaminase (AST), higher alanine transaminase (ALT), higher gamma-GTP, and higher use of lipid-lowering drugs.