Figure 1.

Workflow for participant inclusion in the present investigation. Lipidomics analysis was performed by liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Abbreviations: ALT, alanine aminotransferase, TEI, total energy intake; * 98% of study subjects (39/40) met diagnostic criteria for MASLD, which includes the presence of at least one of the five cardiometabolic criteria in addition to hepatic steatosis ≥ 5%. The subject that did not meet MASLD diagnostic criteria was in the control group. Figure adapted from Cohen et al., 2023 [25].