Table 5. Significant associations between SNPs and NAFLD phenotypes in a covariate adjusted linear regression analysis.

Trait	Gene	SNP	Risk allele	β-coefficient	STAT	P
BMI	KLB	rs7670903	A	0.40	3.49	<0.001
ALT	KLB	rs7674434	G	2.59	2.17	0.030
		rs12152703	T	2.47	2.04	0.041
γ-GT	KLB	rs7674434	G	2.77	2.15	0.032
		rs12152703	T	2.94	2.26	0.024
		rs7670903	A	1.78	2.12	0.034
AST/ALT	KLB	rs7674434	G	0.06	2.26	0.024
		rs12152703	T	0.05	2.47	0.013
FGF21	FGF21	rs499765	G	19.35	1.97	0.049

β-coefficient: estimated quantitative effect of each SNP minor allele copy on a phenotype of NAFLD, STAT: T statistic, P: level of statistical significance of the covariate adjusted linear regression analysis.