In Model 4 (adjusted for age, sex, alcohol intake, smoking status, exercise habits, BMI, ALT, AST, GGT, HDL-C, TC, and FPG), each unit increase in LAP raised the risk of DM by 2% and 1% for females and males (HR: 1.02, 95% CI: 1.00-1.03, P = 0.0138 for females; HR: 1.01, 95%CI: 1.00-1.01, P = 0.0314 for males). Here, GPT is linked to diabetes mellitus.