CRP and steatosis: Noteworthy, within the normal range, PCS patients with steatosis had slightly but significantly higher values of ALT (0.41 vs. 0.32 μkat, p < 0.001), AST (0.39 vs. 0.36 μkat, p = 0.004), GGT (0.40 vs. 0.26 μkat, p < 0.001) as well as CRP (2.0 vs. 1.3 mg/l, p < 0.001), IL-6 (2.7 vs. 2.5 pg/ml, p < 0.001), leukocytes (6.8 vs. 6.2 Gpt/l, p < 0.001), LDH (3.5 vs. 3.1 μkat, p < 0.001) and ferritin (136.2 vs. 93.5 μg/l, p < 0,001).