GPT and Hypertension: Other factors significantly associated with higher odds of MetS included older age, non-Hispanic White race, lower education level, higher BMI, larger waist circumference, elevated levels of ALT, AST, TGs, TC, LDL-c, HOMA-IR, HbA1c, smoking, no alcohol drinking, and the presence of hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes (all P < .05).