As shown in Table 2, obese individuals with MAFLD had higher systolic blood pressure, BMI, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, triglyceride, total cholesterol, ALT, AST, and GGT levels, a younger age, higher prevalence of hyperlipidemia, a shorter duration of T2DM, and a lower incidence of diabetic retinopathy than those without MAFLD (p < 0.05). The gene discussed is GPT; the disease is diabetic retinopathy.