After adjusting for age, sex, education level, race, smoking status, BMI, ALT, AST, triglycerides, total cholesterol, uric acid, eGFR, urine iodine, DM, or hypertension, we found that there were similar results in hypertension populations (see Figure 4B) but not in diabetes populations (see Figure 4A). Here, GPT is linked to diabetes mellitus.