Next, we repeated MR analysis with the exclusion of SNPs associated with T2D (rs13389219, rs17036160, rs2943652, rs56094641 and rs58542926), fasting insulin (rs4841132) and hypertension (rs7653249) in the MASLD IVs and two T2D-related SNPs (rs1802295 and rs8100204) in the liver fibrosis and cirrhosis IVs. Here, INS is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.