Table 2.

Correlation between serum ferritin, uric acid concentration, and lean MAFLD metabolic risk.

	Ferritin		Uric Acid
Variables	Pearson Coefficient	p Value	Pearson Coefficient	p Value
Waist circumference (cm)	0.257	0.075	0.193	0.184
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.130	0.372	0.218	0.132
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.061	0.677	−0.008	0.955
HbA1c (%)	−0.191	0.189	−0.150	0.304
HDL (mg/dL)	0.155	0.287	0.173	0.233
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	0.131	0.368	0.077	0.600
WBC (103/μL)	0.006	0.966	0.140	0.337
HS-CRP (mg/L)	0.032	0.846	0.009	0.958
ALT (U/L)	0.664	<0.001	0.329	0.021
HOMA-IR	−0.072	0.622	−0.165	0.257
FIB−4 score	0.907	<0.001	0.635	<0.001
NFS	0.462	0.001	0.565	<0.001
APRI score	0.945	<0.001	0.567	<0.001