Anxiety and depression symptoms correlate with metabolic indicators in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease patients

Figure 1 Comparison of metabolic indicators between metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease patients with and without anxiety/depression symptoms. Bar chart displays correlation coefficients (r values) between Self-rating Anxiety Scale scores and 11 metabolic parameters. Blue bars indicate positive correlations; orange bar indicates negative correlation. Body mass index showed the strongest positive correlation (r = 0.423), while high-density lipoprotein cholesterol exhibited negative correlation (r = -0.267). ^aP < 0.01, ^bP < 0.001. SAS: Self-rating Anxiety Scale; BMI: Body mass index; TG: Triglycerides; FBG: Fasting blood glucose; HbA1c: Glycated hemoglobin; TC: Total cholesterol; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol.