GPT and diabetes mellitus: Patients with SLE had a higher prevalence of arterial hypertension (24% vs 4.7%, p < 0.001), higher triglyceride levels [129 mg/dl (IQR 95–180) vs 114 mg/dl (IQR 85.8–162.5), p = 0.04], lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels [97 mg/dl (IQR 79–116) vs 110.5 mg/dl (IQR 85–129), p = 0.009], and lower alanine aminotransferase [17.2 U/L (IQR 12.2–26.7) vs 20.3 U/L (14.6–29.4), p = 0.01], and also a numerically higher frequency of diabetes (6.6% vs 1.9%, p = 0.05).