Compared with the healthy controls, patients with “NAFLD alone” are older and have higher BMI, WC, glucose, HbA1c, triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL, ALT, GGT, FLI, and higher percentages of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and carotid plaques. This evidence concerns the gene GPT and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.