Table 3:

Correlations of MetS-Z with liver factors^a

	Overall	Normal ALT, No advanced fibrosis	Unexplained elevated ALT,b without advanced fibrosis	Elevated ALT above 97.5%tile without advanced fibrosis	Fibrosis stage 3 or 4c	Elevated NFS and Fib4 d
ALT	0.25	0.26	0.11	0.12	0.00	0.04
AST	0.10	−0.02	0.05	0.05	−0.20	−0.17
ALT:AST ratio	−0.33	−0.33	−0.06	−0.00	−0.30	−0.03
GGT	0.25	0.25	0.13	0.09	−0.04	0.08
hsCRP	0.21	0.21	0.22	0.27	0.13	0.10
NFS	0.39	0.37	0.37	0.28	0.09	0.01
Insulin	0.39	0.48	0.35	0.38	0.02	−0.44
HOMA-IR	0.47	0.59	0.47	0.62	0.14	−0.25

^a.Presented: Means [95% CI]

^b.ALT >40 in males and >31 in females [12]

^c.NASH Fibrosis Score > 0.676

^d.NASH Fibrosis Score > 0.676 and Fib4 ≥ 2.67