To investigate whether the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and incident diabetes is modified by different alanine or aspartate aminotransferases (ALT or AST) levels.
Compared with the control group, glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, AST, ALT, BUN, fasting insulin and homeostatic model assessment insulin resistance levels in peripheral blood were significantly increased in the diabetes group.
In addition, for G1, Black race, Hispanic ethnicity, aspartate aminotransferase/alanine aminotransferase (AST/ALT) ≥ 0.6, ferritin ≥ 350 ng/mL, LDL< 100 mg/dL and diabetes; for G2, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m(2), platelets < 150 K/μL, LDL< 100 mg/dL and the use of PEG-IFN alfa-2b; and for G3, AST/ALT ≥ 1.0, all negatively predicted rapid virological response.