INS and atherosclerosis: Further, excluding variables that may exhibit a high correlation with FLI (such as ALT, AST, TC, HDL-c, or LDL-C), multivariate stepwise linear regression analysis revealed that 10-year ASCVD risk, age, SBP, DBP, FPG, fasting insulin, HbA1c, SCr, eGFR, and HbA1c were independent determinants of FLI level (as shown in Table 2).