| DAG | Diacylglycerol |
| FA | Fatty acid |
| group 1 | Subjects with normal liver fat and wild-type PNPLA3 |
| group 2 | Subjects with normal liver fat and I148M/M148M PNPLA3 variants |
| group 3 | Subjects with high TAG and wild-type PNPLA3 |
| group 4 | Subjects with high TAG and I148M/M148M PNPLA3 variants |
| MAG | Monoacylglycerol |
| NAFLD | Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease |
| NASH | Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis |
| PKC | Protein kinase C |
| PNPLA3 | Patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 3 |
| TAG | Triacylglycerol |
| var | I148M/M148M PNPLA3 variants |
| wt | Wild-type PNPLA3 allele |